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Do you want to be more engaging, influential, and inspiring

 as a leader, coach, or mentor?

Then Being the Real Deal -The Roots of Inspiring Leadership is a must-read. This down-to-earth guide is filled with real life stories and wisdom Dr. Vicky Gordon shares from her four decades as a successful coach.

Dr. Vicky Gordon, Ph. D.

As a pioneer in leadership coaching Dr. Vicky Gordon has helped thousands of individuals from high tech to healthcare from the board chair to the bench scientist build their leadership capabilities. Vicky is the Founder and CEO of her Chicago-based leadership firm and the author of 
Being the Real Deal 
 The Roots of Inspiring Leadership.
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Praise For
Being the Real Deal,
The Roots of Inspiring Leadership

"The leadership lessons Vicky imparts are not only deeply insightful and timeless but also have been instrumental in our company’s success."
Githesh Ramamurthy, Chairman and CEO, CCC Intelligent Solutions

"This is an artful book about telling the truth, living it, then making that told truth the center of your life. e stories in the book will inspire you."
Larry Davis Browning, Ph. D. Professor Emeritus, William P. Hobby Centennial Professor of Communication, University of Texas at Austin, and Adjunct Professor of Management, Nord University Business School

“Dr. Gordon’s easy-to-read, dynamic, case-based leadership book o ers an exceptional roadmap to becoming an authentic, real deal, leader. Best leadership book I have read in a decade.”
Reuben Slone, a global supply chain authority who has served as a senior leader at Advance Auto Parts, Walgreens, O ceMax, Whirlpool, and General Motors. Co-author of e New Supply Chain Agenda, Harvard Business Press, Independent Board Director

“Inspiring, authentic, vivid, educational…a must-read!”
Lamprini Pantazi, Ph. D. Dean of Business and Leadership, Director of the Global Leadership Institute at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College"

“Vicky’s instincts and intellect are special. She gets it and is very impactful in actualizing leadership and eeffective change.”
Greg Brown, Chairman & CEO, Motorola Solutions

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