Cochrane author and motivational speaker David Irvine has released his new book titled The Other Everest: Navigating the Pathway to Authentic Leadership when it was published in the middle of August. The book is made to help readers build an aligned, accountable, authentic culture and amplify their impact as a leader by strengthening their authentic presence – through character, connection, and caring. Great leadership cannot be reduced to technique or title. Great leadership comes from the identity and integrity of the leader. It’s about presence, not position, according to the book's premise. Irvine is sought after internationally as a speaker, author, and trusted leadership adviser. His work has contributed to the building of accountable, dynamic and engaged organizations across North America. As one of Canada’s most respected voices on leadership, organizational culture, and personal development, David has dedicated his life to creating workplaces, communities, and families that foster accountability, authenticity, and caring. With a master’s degree in social work, David originally trained as a family therapist and has integrated family systems theory into in the field of organizational development. This has resulted in successfully guiding leaders to amplify their impact through a stronger, deeper authentic presence and in turn, guiding organizations to create aligned, engaged, and vital workplaces. David has published several best-selling books, including the recent and notable Caring Is Everything: Getting to The Heart of Humanity, Leadership and Life. It is a powerful work on the importance of seeking an authentic life. The Other Everest: Navigating the Pathway to Authentic Leadership, provides a synthesis of David’s learning's, teachings and wisdom gleaned over a lifetime of connecting and communicating at the cutting edge of entrepreneurial, business and organizational culture. In over 35 years of experience as an adviser, David has worked with CEOs and senior executives, as well as all levels of management, front-line service providers, salespeople, educators, and health care professionals in the public, private, not-for-profit, family business, and entrepreneurial sectors across North America. He has impacted the lives of thousands of people through his presentations, workshops, retreats, and writing. His approach is down-to-earth, simple and powerful. "I've been in the leadership development field for more than 30 years now and people have asked me what good leaders do? So I started to write a book about real leadership and that was my first authentic book and this new one is an updated version about what leaders do, but also it's about how leaders become," Irvine said of his new title. "The influential people in our life, whether it be parents, grandparents, teachers, CEO's, executives ... how do those people get to be who they are? My notion says in the book that we live in a world that looks up all the time and so this is about looking down and taking an inner journey to one's heart. It's the journey of how to get to the place where you earn the credibility from other people. I invested five years of research, observation and writing this book ... I'm very proud of it." There are a few things Irvine would like readers to take away from his book. "What they can take away is an understanding of themselves. An understanding of the journey of what it takes and the commitment to become a leader," Irvine said. "A leader is someone who wants to make a difference in the world and engage other people in a cause that makes a difference in the world. If you're committed to being a leader, you will get on the path of becoming a better person." Irvine is also hosting a three-day retreat Dec. 4 to 7 and May 7 to 10 in Banff, which is open to the public. Those interested can visit www.davidirvine.ca for more details.
