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7 Principles of Becoming a Leader: The definitive guide for starting and building your management career Kindle Edition

by Riku Vuorenmaa (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings

Do you want to be a Leader?


You can become one, and this is how:


7 Principles of Becoming a Leader is the only book of its kind: It is the one book to guide you through everything you need to know and do to become a good and respected leader, no matter where you start from.

The book starts from the very beginning of your leadership development journey and gives you a complete step-by-step plan for becoming a good leader and building a successful career:

  • Professional development: Personal excellence, productivity, and time management

  • Leadership development: Mindset and essential leadership skills

  • Personal development: Your motivation, character, and confidence as a leader

  • Career management: Plan your career, get promoted and paid well

  • Social skills and networking: Work and connect with the right people

  • Business- and company understanding: The big picture

  • Commitment: Make the decision and commit to becoming a great leader

There has never been a clear rulebook for becoming a leader at your work and building a successful management career. For most people it all seems to be mainly based on luck, some previous education and experience or even just whims of your bosses, rather than something you can actually control by yourself.

However, there is an ocean of essential knowledge, insights, and strategy needed to become a leader and build a successful leadership career. This information is not taught in traditional leadership books or schools, and it is scattered around dozens of different sources or locked inside of the minds of the established leaders who already made it.

Those few who have access to this information are the ones succeeding on their careers and usually end up becoming leaders and managers quickly at their work. If you are one of the lucky ones, having all this information on your hands is like having a clear map to success: You only need to follow it, and you will always be a few steps ahead of everyone else and good things will inevitably gather on your path as you lead the way.

7 Principles of Becoming a Leader's sole purpose is to change all that. It decodes all the leadership development and career building secrets to clear actionable principles available for everyone. Even if you do not have any previous leadership experience, education or support of an experienced mentor, the book will be your guide through every step on your journey to becoming a strong leader who is in control of their work, career, and life.


Are you a new manager or leader?

Being a good leader requires much more than a few leadership skills and management tactics. True leadership starts from the very foundations of your identity, from who you are, why do you do things, and how you feel about yourself. Only when you know your answers and can lead yourself, you are ready to lead other people and become great at it.

On top of teaching how to become a leader, the book provides a comprehensive toolbox of the most important leadership and management skills for every new manager or leader. With these tools you can lead with confidence as you know exactly what to do and what mistakes to avoid in your new position.


Author Riku Vuorenmaa is successful corporate leader and executive coach. The principles he teaches in this book have been all developed and proven in real corporate environments.

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Hundreds of books have been written about leadership, and while there are great books out there, and I have learned a lot from them, the one problem I have with most of them is that they talk about leaders on a huge scale. These books usually draw their inspiration and learnings from the CEOs and founders of the multi-billion-dollar corporations rather than focusing on the most common pathways to leadership and management work: Rising through the ranks in a company that you work in.

The reality is that most of us are not founding the next Google, Microsoft, or Starbucks, at least not in the beginning of our leadership careers. Most of us work for someone else by our own choice, and thus we need advice and insights on how to become leaders and how to get started with successful and fulfilling management careers within this setup. Chances are that you will never become a great business leader or a founder if you don't even know what the first steps are to get started.

Books based on the examples and experiences of high-level leaders set the bar for the leadership journey extremely high. This can easily discourage anyone from even considering taking the first crucial steps as a leader, as everything you read just seems to be a million miles away from your current reality. Way too often, after reading a book like this, you don't have anything concrete to put into action at work to start building yourself up as a leader and a top candidate for the next available promotion opportunity.

In other words, trying to become a leader and starting your management career using the standard books of leadership and management theory out there is pretty much like studying the building process of Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, when you are planning to build a garden shed behind your house. You will waste your time and get completely overwhelmed trying to learn about the intricacies of building with high density steel at 800 meters above the ground, when you would in reality need only to learn how to plan a basic wooden shed with a saw and a hammer.

This book is designed to be something different. We will start with the garden shed and make sure you get it right. Most importantly, we will make sure you get started in the first place. But don't worry, doing this will also set you on the right path to think about building skyscrapers someday if you wish to.

That said, the one single goal of this book is to show you how to become a leader in your current job and then quickly accelerate your career advancement towards management positions, equipped with a solid plan and all the essential insights that will not only make your success possible, but inevitable.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08B8W65F4
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 15, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9.3 MB
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Riku Vuorenmaa made his career as a corporate leader, and later turned to executive coach, and an author, helping others to pursue their leadership dreams and journeys. He focuses on comprehensive approach on leading, writing about and coaching often forgotten aspects of leadership work and career, such as deeper personal development, and career management for leaders.

Riku has built his leadership and career management experience in companies such as software and consulting giants Logica, CGI, and Cox Automotive. Besides writing he currently works as an executive coach for leaders and managers in his own company, Eye of the Storm Coaching.

His first book, “7 Principles of Becoming a Leader – The Definitive Guide for Starting and Building Your Management Career” was published in 2020.

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Customers find this book to be a wonderful guide for leaders, providing concrete actions to pursue and emphasizing career building. Moreover, they appreciate its clear language and readability, with one customer noting its easy-to-understand layout. Additionally, the book offers valuable insights into personal development and career growth.

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Customers find the book to be a wonderful guide for all leaders, particularly in building management careers, with one customer noting how it provides concrete actions to pursue.

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"...from his personal experience, sensible advice and guidance on different aspects, not only the ones directly related to the work realm but also the..." Read more

"...career building, cultivating a high-performance mindset, and mastering your inner game, in addition to building a solid set of leadership skills.…if..." Read more

"...Be a problem solver! Additionally, there are chapters devoted to knowing oneself, knowing the individuals or the team that work with you..." Read more

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  • Grady Harp
    5.0 out of 5 stars Successful rising though the ranks
    Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2020
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    Author Riku Vuorenmaa is the Founder and Coach for Eye of the Storm Coaching. His mission: to transform professionals to leaders – leadership skills and traits, career management and getting fast promotions to management positions. This position and intent is closely wedded to the content of this book.

    In the Foreword the author explains why his book is different form the usual self help volumes on how to become successful in business and in doing so, sets the tone of this very accessible and no nonsense approach to his topic. “The reality is that most of us are not founding the next Google, Microsoft, or Starbucks, at least not in the beginning of our leadership careers. Most of us work for someone else by our own choice, and thus we need advice and insights on how to become leaders and how to get started with successful and fulfilling management careers within this setup. Chances are that you will never become a great business leader or a founder if you don’t even know what the first steps are to get started…This book is designed to be something different. We will start with the garden shed and make sure you get it right. Most importantly, we will make sure you get started in the first place….The goal of this book is to show you how to become a leader in your current job and accelerate your career advancement towards management positions and more responsibility.’

    Offering his own successful career in the IT business. Riku offers the nuts and bolts of building a management career. His seven principles embrace the entre spectrum of possibility - Professional development: Personal excellence and productivity, Leadership development: Mindset and essential leadership skills, Personal development: Your identity and character as a leader, Career development and management: Get promoted and well paid, Social skills and networking: Work with the right people, Business- and company understanding: The big picture, and Commitment: Decide and commit to become a good leader.

    Every step in the journey toward achieving the rank of leadership is discussed thoroughly and with convincing concepts. Start small – correctly – and build with Riku’s advice. The end result feels promising. Grady Harp, September 20
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  • Celeste S
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting approach to leadership
    Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2020
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    I have read many books about leadership and management, and I have found most of them very interesting. However, this one, “7 Principles of Becoming a Leader” written by Riku Vuorenmaa, distinguishes itself in its approach.
    The majority of the books about management are addressed at people who are already leaders in their organizations, and are guides on how to improve their management skills. This work, instead, accompanies the worker in their logical and progressive path inside a company to the top. It is an invaluable tool for those who want to become leaders and want to excel at that position.
    With a very clear and easy to follow style, the writer explains step by step how to build a career in business from the very beginning. He also provides, from his personal experience, sensible advice and guidance on different aspects, not only the ones directly related to the work realm but also the ones that have to do with character and personality. A great read, I highly recommend it.
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  • John H. Manhold
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended read for those looking for personal job/life fulfilment.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2020
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    7 Principles of Becoming a Leader assumed published, copyright and written by Riku Vuorenmaa.

    Sub titled “The definitive guide for starting and building your management career”, the author has provided a Forward followed by his suggested 7 principles. In order: 1. Own your work and start to lead; 2. Know yourself: Master your inner game; 3. Know your company and industry; 4. Know the people you work with; 5. Know your opportunities and manage your career; 6. Prepare yourself; 7. Decide and commit, and a Conclusion.

    In his Forward the author sets the stage for his quite lengthy discourse by stating this is “By no means a scientific book or research report” and acknowledges the fact that most of the large number of books on the subject of business leadership are written about the inspirations and actions of CEOs and founders of multi-million dollar companies. Instead here, he is concentrating on how to rise through the ranks in the company in which you are employed and that “It emphasizes career building, cultivating a high-performance mindset, and mastering your inner game, in addition to building a solid set of leadership skills.…if you can’t perform very well on a personal level and don’t know how to advance your career, you never will have any people to lead”. He presents further details describing why he has written a book like this, including a description and answers offering insights from his own career; from experience he has gathered from those with whom he has worked; from that of one who has been functioning in a position of leadership with his own employees; from that of a coach and mentor to others in careers not necessarily related to his work. He appears to have one distinct advantage and that is the fact that he admits to having absolute focus. He had been a martial arts instructor who slipped a spinal lumbar disc and had to give up his passion for martial arts. However, his ability to focus helped him eventually to decide what he wanted and applied these same abilities. All the books he has read told people how to proceed once they had the job. Nobody said how to get the job in the first place. He admonishes that it is necessary to make a decision, plan your course and make necessary preparations and follow with steady execution and continuous learning. He further believes that external rewards that will accrue are fine, but the intrinsic ones gained are even more rewarding.

    He then explains that one should read through the book, then stop to absorb Chapter or Principle One and put it into play. Then go on to #2, and #7 if you’re ready, and follow by using the other chapters again when you are ready; i.e. use the entire presentation as a reference book picking up what you need when you need it, returning over and over as required. “If you want the best results, this book should be read and thoroughly executed and then later used as a toolbox to pull out tools and strategies as you need them.”

    Discussion: The author certainly has provided a volume far different, from the plethora of those presented by entrepreneurial CEOs and the like. Here the reader finds a large volume of material including often little thought-of details that describe how best to enter a work force and multi suggestions for advancement in position within that group. Many of the same principles exist – honesty, trust, respect, empathy and the rest in the books presented by the CEOs. However, this author describes not the entrepreneurial attempts that have been advanced in large numbers, but rather the more usual individual’s needs for self fulfilment and how to attain them.
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  • Amazon Kunde
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great advice that really works
    Reviewed in Germany on June 21, 2020
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    Finally a book that is as close to your real work life as it should be to give real advice. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop. A good read for anyone who looks for stepping up in his career.
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  • Sachi
    4.0 out of 5 stars A really good self-help, motivational book.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2020
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    This is a stellar book for someone that truly wants to succeed in any sort of management-related career. For me, this book was extremely helpful as I wish to begin my career in the coming months. It teaches you ways to be a different kind of leader, and the author really emphasizes what is truly needed to be a good leader. It's important that these things are taught, as they often aren't in school and at other points in life. I found this really informative and taught me quite a bit.
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  • Marko Helnen
    5.0 out of 5 stars You need this!!
    Reviewed in Germany on March 6, 2021
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    This has been the rainmaker on my management career
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  • Ebbie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Simple points and easy to follow
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2020
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    This is a good start for anyone looking for books by people who worked their way up in business and got to lead a team. The seven principles are not rocket science and will be easy to implement, although I'm not sure if the author realises his pure determination and talent has probably seen him through a little easier than most of us. Still, that in itself is inspiration for digging yourself out of a rut and up the corporate ladder.
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