Lead Like Reagan: Strategies to Motivate, Communicate, and Inspire

Seven essential leadership lessons from the Great Communicator and other successful business leaders May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here. RONALD REAGAN PRAISE FOR LEAD LIKE REAGAN We all need guidance and inspiration. The best leaders give both. Dan certainly is a giver of both practical guidance and visionary inspirationa leader in the truest sense. JON GORDON, Bestselling Author, The Energy Bus and The Carpenter Making an impactpowerful message to become a better leader and a better person. KIMBERLY GRANT, Chief Operating Officer, ThinkFoodGroup and Former Chief Operations Officer and President, Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Inspiring, entertaining, informative, challenging, and a game changer! Dans energy and passion for leadership excellence comes through every page of this book, making a profound and lasting positive impact. OTTO KUMBAR, CEO, Liberty Home Equity Solutions Dan takes the leadership lessons he learned directly from President Reagan and intertwines those timeless principles with real life application. He uses interesting stories and examples you can relate to, challenging his audience in ways that will grow their business and improve their personal life. JON PODANY, Chief Marketing Officer, LPGA Dan Quiggle has set the bar high! I have hired and heard hundreds of the best speakers from around the world in my long career. Dan is one of the best of the best. He relates to his audience and offers real takeaways that inspire them and transform them into better leaders. CHARLES RED SCOTT, Chairman Emeritus, Vistage Florida

Preface ix 1 Creating the Vision: Setting Expansive Goals 1 2 Assembling the Team: Inspiring Loyalty and Commitment 15 3 Communicating a Message: Connecting Others to Your Vision 37 4 Leading by Example: Using Emotional Intelligence to Model Excellence 51 5 Taking Action: Turning Ideas into Achievement 77 6 Handling Crisis: Finding Opportunity in Challenges 97 7 Changing the World: Leaving a Lasting Legacy 123 Acknowledgments 141 About the Author 153 Index 157

DAN QUIGGLE is the Founder of the Quiggle Group, President and CEO of Americas Choice Title Company, and Dean of Faculty for the Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C. He began his professional career in The Office of Ronald Reagan and learned leadership directly from the Great Communicator himself. Dan has been recognized as a top speaker nationally for Vistage and YPO and is a highly sought after keynote speaker on leadership for Americas top associations and corporations.