Elite!: The Secret to Exceptional Leadership and Performance - Softcover

Floyd Woodrow; Simon Acland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908739452 ISBN 13: 9781908739452

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited, 2012

Synopsis

For more than 20 years, Floyd Woodrow MBE DCM served in the SAS. Inspiring his men in the most demanding of situations, Floyd drove his team to the highest levels of success. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery, Floyd operated at the level of the elite.

Since leaving the SAS in 2008, Floyd has brought the motivational lessons and techniques learnt in the world's toughest environments to businesses, governments, sports teams and police forces around the world. Guaranteed to boost productivity, team cohesion, individual motivation and overall leadership, Elite! contains Floyd's deeply practical, innovative and highly sought-after teachings. His inspiring approach is united with a detailed understanding of the theories and psychology that underpin cutting-edge motivational training.

By harnessing this potent combination, whether you are seeking self-improvement or looking to get the best out of a team of hundreds, Floyd Woodrow's inspirational new book contains the only approach that will place you amongst the 'Elite!'.

About this title

About the Author

Floyd Woodrow MBE DCM was in the elite Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) until 2008. He was awarded the UK's second-highest award for gallantry, the Distinguished Conduct Medal, for his services while in Iraq. He has studied law and psychology and wrote his first book, Learning to Learn, as a guide for others to show how he had been able to complete a law degree while deployed on military operations. He is the Chairman and CEO of Chrysalis Worldwide, a world-leading values-based performance optimisation organisation. He coaches international athletes and sporting teams, financial services companies, governments, education institutions, police forces, emergency services and international corporations on all aspects of elite performance and leadership. Floyd ran leadership exercises on a national scale in the build-up to the Olympic Games, involving the government, police, military, intelligence services, emergency services and LOCOG. He has worked with the BBC, BT, Centrica, Calor Gas, GAC, Welsh Rugby Union, Scottish Rugby, English Cricket Board, UK Sport, Swagelok, Marks and Spencer, PGMOL, and Universal Music Group, as well as various high level government agencies.

Simon Acland has sat on the boards of over 40 companies and has wide practical experience of working with and motivating teams in challenging business environments. His book, Angels, Dragons and Vultures, is widely regarded as the best guide for entrepreneurs to the arcane world of venture capital. He is also the author of two historical novels set during the First Crusade, The Waste Land and The Flowers of Evil. Simon admits to having been sceptical about structured motivational and leadership techniques, but has changed his approach after being confronted by the practicality and impact of Floyd's methods.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908739452
• ISBN 13: 9781908739452
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 221