
The Brink
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The Brink is a method for generating leadership in an individual leader and on a team. It is based on the simple assertion that leadership is created in the face of some great challenge or obstacle to overcome, rather than in a vacuum or in comfortable places with no adversity. The Brink model uses climbing a mountain as an analogy throughout for creating that big challenge or goal, and then demonstrates how to create a team to climb it with and outlines the way to create leadership in everyone involved in the process. This metaphor transfers to virtually any leadership position one holds and is organized into a clear list of ingredients essential to leadership.
"As an adventurer, I resonated with the climbing stories and analogies in The Brink. However, the concepts and strategies are valid and powerful for anyone looking to improve as a leader in business and life. A great read!" -Heather Hansen O'Neill, author of Find Your Fire at Forty
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Mark Hunter is the president and founder of Pinnacle Coaching, LLC, an international leadership coaching company that works mostly with organizations and executives around leadership and team development. He holds the designation of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation, serves as the executive team's chief development officer, and is senior program leader for Accomplishment Coaching, LP. He holds a BA in math and economics from Wesleyan University, is a founding member of the Maryland Chapter of the International Coach Federation, and sat on the board of directors for that chapter in its founding year.
Mark is a guest coach on various radio-show interviews and has penned articles for AffluentInvestorMonthly.com as an expert contributor. A keynote speaker at private and corporate events, he leads corporate executive leadership workshops internationally and contributes to the development of hundreds of business and community leaders.
Mark is an adventurer at heart, having traveled the world. He is a certified rescue diver through PADI International, certified snowboard instructor through American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI), and certified wilderness first responder through Wilderness Medical Associates. An avid cross-fit athlete, he has a passion for challenging limits and discovering new opportunities to step outside comfort zones.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Content
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Brink
- Kilimanjaro
- The Brink Principle of Leadership
- The Big Eight Leadership Myths
- The Ten Principles of Generating Leadership on the Brink
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 1 Pick a Mountain
- Make It Big
- How to Pick Your Mountain
- Circumstances
- How a Leader Deals with Fear
- Vision and Mission
- New Problems-A Path to Leadership
- Gaps
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 2 Know the Answer to "What For?"
- Ask Early And Know the Answer
- The Brink Is Optional
- The Four Biggest Answers to the Question "What For?"
- Why & What & How
- Context
- Controlled Falls
- The Balance Myth
- Payoff
- Dying Before Going into Battle
- Reverence
- Parity
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 3 Choose Everything
- Crossroads
- Challenge Patterns
- Standing Ovations
- Not Choosing
- Unconditional Curiosity
- Pain
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 4 Practice
- What Is Practice?
- The Six Principles of Practice on the Brink
- Performance
- The Comfort Myth
- Stop Planning Picnics Based on the Weather
- Clutch
- The Disengagement Principle
- Half Measures
- Full Measures
- Resilience
- Forgiveness and Gratitude
- Intentionality
- Inspiration
- Talent
- Complacency
- Open Heart
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 5 Collaborate
- The Power of More Than One
- Not All Leaders Need Followers
- Three Components of Powerful Collaboration
- Follow the Leader
- Power
- The Brink as Access to Power
- Five Laws of Power on the Brink
- The "Power Box" on the Brink
- Power and the Open Heart
- Power Leaks
- The Other Truth
- Common Power Leaks
- None of Us Is as Great as All of Us
- Fundamentals of a Winning Team
- Leadership Corollaries
- Commodities and Assets
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 6 Take Ownership
- Over Here
- Ownership Is Leadership
- The One
- Ferocity
- Causation
- Innovation
- Influence
- Intentionality
- Urgency vs. Emergency
- The Urgency/ Emergency Matrix
- "The Fierce Urgency of Now"
- Drama
- The Status Quo
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 7 Trust
- Trust as Faith
- Possibility vs. Probability
- Trust in Practice
- Burn Your Boats
- Hope
- The "How Trap"
- Expectation
- RiskRisk Loading
- Generating Trust
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 8 Welcome Fear and Adversity
- Fear, Revisited
- Normalizing Obstacles
- The End of Normal
- Visibility
- Transparency
- Deviance
- Walking Tiger Safaris
- Adversity
- The Great Fail
- Suffering Is Optional
- Closets
- Sabotage
- Success Is Optional
- Drama, Revisited
- The Path of Less Convenience
- The Conflicting Commitment Model
- Unreasonable
- The Evidence Myth
- Excuse Proof
- The Persistence Principle
- Being Willing Without Wanting To
- Problems
- The Leadership Matrix
- Stories
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 9 Create Integrity
- Integrity Redefined
- Should
- Closet Inauthenticity
- Reintegration
- Clarity/Peace
- The Motivation Myth
- Commitment
- Relentlessness
- Shortcuts
- Bold Declarations
- Safety
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Chapter 10 Be Unstoppable
- Stop First
- Choose It
- "Possibility Interruptus"Resilience and Results
- The Art of Relentless Pursuit
- Hard Work
- Runner's High
- Surrender
- Courage
- Desire
- Two Conversations
- The Insight Trap
- Chapter Snapshot
- Exercises/Questions
- Summary
- The Big Picture
- Who
- No
- Inevitability
- Squirrels
- Scope
- An Impassioned Request
- About the Author
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