Anyone can call themselves a leader, can’t they? All they need is a title – a role – a ‘position’, right? I don't think so. For most people, the authority or power that goes with a title or role disappears when they no longer hold a position on the organisational chart. If they haven’t done a good job, if they haven’t treated people well, no-one will give us the time of day when they pass us in the street - when we have no longer have any power over them. True leaders don’t need the title, ‘Leader’. They don’t even need a role. They often don’t even need a ‘management model’. They just….have it. So, what is it then? Whether we agree with them or not, the truly magnificent leaders around the world have one thing in common – respect. They have flaws, they make mistakes, sometimes big ones, but people follow them regardless – because they have earnt respect and this makes them influential. This book is not about cloning, it’s about being a better you and how through treating others with respect, you will reap the ultimate reward – respect from your team, afterall without others, there is no leader, ever. Using his own experience as an airline pilot, author Chris Smith, will show you how to earn respect and gain valuable wisdomas a leader that others want to follow and aspire to be like. Leadership at 43000 Feet is for anyone who has responsibility for others, or who aspires to have it, and for whom having lifelong influence and contributing magnificently to this experience we call life, is important. …and that’s leadership.
Chris Smith is the founder of Staff On Side Corporate Engagement, an Airline Captain and Manager, a Senior Lecturer and aviation Counsellor. After a lifetime in the aviation industry in a variety of senior managerial positions, Chris is now dedicated to working with companies, organisations, and individuals on matters of leadership and mental health, with a particular focus on staff engagement and manager - staff relations, as well as lecturing, counselling, and writing. He has established and operates peer support programs in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam, and consults in Ireland and Germany, and currently holds an Ambassadorial Role for the ‘Trust’ Peer Support Program across Australia and Asia. Chris is a regular corporate speaker on the psychology, mental health, safety, and legal and aviation conference circuit in Australia and overseas (Singapore, Japan, France, USA). He also presents regularly on radio and is a contributing writer on mental health matters for the Sunday Mail Newspaper. In 2012, he was awarded the Master Air Pilot Certificate by the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators, London, for services to the aviation industry. Chris holds a Master’s Degree in Aviation Management, a Diploma of Counselling and has PhD research conducted with the University of Southern Queensland, where he presently lectures.
* These are leadership and life lessons from the author’s 44 years of experience in the aviation industry, in roles spanning from the Flight Deck to Head Office, from ground level to flight levels, from calm to critical, from Australia to the rest of the world.
* The author has a completely unique perspective not only as an Airline Captain and senior manager, but Aviation Counsellor as well. He knows the human side of organisations like no other, and how powerful that is.
* The book is written in plain terms, showing readers how to build a culture that works and lasts, especially when times are precarious - and how to treat people and build the ultimate leadership trait - respect.
Publicity:
* Comprehensive traditional and social media publicity campaigns.
* National and international speaking engagements.
* Promotion at conference and in his own workshops and seminars.
