Ready for Your Promotion?
This Book Shows You How
If I could rename my book, I’d call it Get Promoted—because that’s exactly what it delivers.
Readers keep sharing incredible stories: promotions, dream job offers, and career breakthroughs they never thought possible. These aren’t just theories on a page—they’re proven principles that work.
They worked for me. They’ve worked for countless others. And they’ll work for you.
Your next promotion or career leap could start right here. Don’t just read about success—experience it. I can’t wait to celebrate your story next.
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Twenty Eight Impactful Chapters
- If you lead others in any capacity, whether you’re a first-time supervisor or a seasoned leader, this book is for you. I’ll show you how to avoid common mistakes and keep improving as a leader.
- If you’re stressed out and having a tough time dealing with employees, this book is for you. I’ll explain how you can reduce your stress levels and motivate people.
- If you’re not yet in a leadership position, but you want to be, this book is definitely for you. It will give you a huge advantage as you progress toward becoming a leader and will prepare you to take the lead when an opportunity presents itself.
Practical Guide to Great Leadership
Many confuse being loud, aggressive, and cutthroat as signs of leadership. The book points out that servant leadership characteristics like integrity, respect, patience, and humility more often result in building high-performing, sustainable teams and organizations. Steve Mattioli relates stories from his experiences as a Marine, private pilot, and government executive to illustrate practical ideas on becoming a more effective leader, dealing with leadership challenges, and achieving results.
Up & Coming Leaders – Desk Reference
I thoroughly enjoyed this easy to read and practical guide from a 1st hand perspective and real life experiences. Mr. Mattioli discusses and shares lessons learned during a career in public service. Each chapter provides a thoughtful presentation of the challenge with a thorough review of the best practices and strategies necessary to successfully lead a project, peers, colleagues, or employees.
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We’re All Human
Lessons in Personal Wellbeing – Chapter 28 From Steve’s Book “Your Finest Hour is Now” We’ve now covered the methods you need to know to be an effective leader in your workplace. I know that with time and patience, you will get positive results from following these…
Take a Selfie
Take a Selfie What do you see when you take a selfie? Obviously, you see yourself, but what else do you see? What else should you see? I’ve always been amused that the person I see in the mirror does not look exactly like the one I see when I take a selfie on my…
A Better Bank Account
Car problems are always frustrating, and a few years ago, I was having a miserable time trying to fix mine. I take pride in doing things myself, and over the years, I’ve learned how to perform a variety of minor car repairs. But on this particular day, I was trying to…
Chapter 24: Toss the Anchor
This chapter alone is worth the entire price of the book. In it you’ll discover how to break free from the hidden weights others place on you—the limiting beliefs, assumptions, and expectations that quietly hold back your leadership potential.
Here’s a short excerpt:
When the captain on a ship wants to restrict its movement, he drops anchor. And when the anchor is in place, it binds the ship to a small radius of travel so it can’t drift and stray off course or hit other ships. They have one job and that is restrict movement of the ship when they are deployed. They prevent the ship from drifting due to wind or current when secured to the bed of a body of water. If the anchor is set correctly, the ship is not going anywhere. They are so simple yet so effective in what they do. Anchors are good for ships -they help protect them and keep them safe. But anchors are not good for you and me.
There is a phenomenon called the anchoring bias which can be harmful to you as a leader. The bad thing is you may not realize it’s being used. But it gets worse. Other people will throw these on you. And just like a ship, this anchor is going to bind you. And it will encourage you to make bad decisions. So, let’s take a closer look at this bias.
The anchoring bias occurs when you are presented with an initial piece of information and then make subsequent decisions based on that piece of information.
Just like a ship’s anchor, the first piece of information you are told binds you in a smaller radius when it comes to further decision making. Let’s say you want to sell your car for $10,000. A tentative buyer approaches you and offers you $5,000 instead. Needless to say, you’re insulted by the offer and tell the buyer you wouldn’t dream of selling the car for so little. But whether you recognize it or not, an anchor has been set in your mind. Instead of negotiations revolving around $10,000, they now revolve around $5,000.
We’re all subject to psychological anchors. And truth be told, these anchors are all around us.
As a leader it is imperative to know when you are being anchored.
In order to overcome the constraints being placed on your decision-making, you first much recognize them.
In the book, I provide you with three strategies to identify & counter the effects of an anchor.