No-Secrets Leadership

About the Book

For over 30 years academics, consultants and executives have given us books, seminars and models on leadership. Over that same period workers have become more and more dissatisfied with their jobs, and their leaders have become fodder for cartoons, movies and television comedies. Currently Amazon lists at least 100 books on leadership with “secrets” in the title. Yet, business leaders today take their employees for granted: making decisions without input, giving orders without listening, running departments and companies without caring. This is not good leadership; it’s not really leadership at all. Forget about secrets. There are no secrets, only the daily commitment to satisfying your customer through the work of your people, by treating them fairly and respectfully and getting the full benefit of their talents and energy. Find out how to become a better leader, even a great leader. Learn how to apply those fundamentals that can serve you from supervisor to CEO level. Help reverse the downward trend and get American business back on track by applying a no-secrets approach that delivers results through people.

About the Author

James Jeray is a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and holds master’s degrees in business from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh and in administrative science from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. After completing active duty service he spent the next 35 years as a manager and director in the logistic industry with assignments in human resources, training, operations, procurement, engineering and consulting. Over the course of his career he has encountered many examples of both good and bad leadership. He feels passionately that the so-called secrets promoted in books and seminars have given business leaders false hope and the misconception that some magic bullet can replace the fundamentals. The result has been an erosion of employee satisfaction, mediocre customer service and sub-standard organizational performance. Mr. Jeray is currently retired, living in Lafayette, IN with his wife, Marilyn.