The Dynamic Path: Three Stages to Greatness in Business, Sports, and Life

Critin, columnist for Yahoo! Finance and senior director for Spencer Stuart, an executive recruitment and leadership consulting firm, guides readers toward reaching their ultimate potential along the path to professional and personal success. Exploring the qualities that create star performers in both business and sports, he examines what it takes to achieve greatness, the building block behavior that forms it and how these behaviors can be learned. His “Dynamic Path” leads from individual achievement through group leadership to leaving a collective legacy, inspired along the way by “Dynamic Moments,” when change becomes essential. Critin recounts lively anecdotes about notable figures including Jeffrey Immelt, Terry Bradshaw, Howard Schultz, Colin Powell and others, distilling the principles of the “Path”: grow or perish, build on experiences and accomplishments, focus on the success of others, play to your strengths and interests, and find a worthy and relevant cause. While Critin's stories sometimes overshadow the practical side of his lessons, there is much of value. (Sept.)