Winning Without Compromising Yourself -- New Book Can Have Important Hand in Changing Performance of Political Leaders

This new book can have an important hand in changing the performance of political leaders that will, in turn, positively impact the popular perception of politics.

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) June 20, 2007 -- According to Dr. Larry Sabato, the Director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, "Truth is, there aren't many fiercely courageous candidates who can fulfill the mandates of their conscience and actually get elected. Perhaps this will now change with the publication of Winning Without Compromising Yourself."

In a time when politicians of all stripes are calling for collaboration and an end of partisanship, the public's faith in the character of their leaders seems at a new low. Onto this stage enters a new book for those in or aspiring to public office, as well as for people hungering for political leaders they can believe in. It was written as a collaboration among professionals of a profession fairly new to the political arena-executive coaching.

Executive coaching is a well-established tool in the business world, and is innovative in the political arena. Case in point, hundreds of business books are published on the topic of business leadership every year, yet there is no professional development segment for political leaders. All this leaves the book's editor, Michelle Randall, wondering, "Is it really harder to make a profit than to run a country?"

There is the question of the chicken and the egg. Is there a lack of courageous leadership because the support for it is lacking or is courage eroding without sufficient support to shore it up? In the face of the current distaste for the political process and politicians in general, Winning's authors are attempting to change that perception by working from the inside out. They make a distinction between what they call the inner and the outer game of politics.

"There's well established support for the outer game, and it often comes off as tactics and spin," explains co-author Erika Gabaldon. "The inner game is the one within the mind of the player, and at the core are personal values, authenticity, integrity and the courage to stand for them. If coaches can support winning the inner game, there's a real opportunity for the political landscape to change for the better."

Co-author Dennis Brogan adds, "If you want to have a hand in changing how politics in this country are done, inscribe a copy of this book to your representatives and send it to them."

The authors acknowledge that they have an uphill battle ahead of them. Still, they believe that their new book can have an important hand in changing the performance of political leaders that will, in turn, positively impact the popular perception of politics. As Sabato observes, "There are indeed ways to thread the needles of conviction and victory simultaneously, and this books shows how."

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