Leading Learning and Legacies:

About the Book

Leading, Learning, and Legacies: The Principles of Successful Leadership lays out fourteen key principles to find within yourself in order to become a great leader. They are not complex and are not based on formal education, finances, or social standing. These principles can be found in anyone who seeks them out within themselves and are for anyone who wants to help make the world a better place. Leadership is one of the most undertaught set of skills in our young people. Children often demonstrate a desire to learn leadership, but this drive is too often neglected and then lost. The book is written for aspiring young leaders as much as for those established leaders who choose to ensure that they are keeping up with the ever-changing demands on them. There are many books on leadership that are written for corporate America, but very few are written for aspiring community leaders, students, and parents who want to instill leadership qualities in their children. Use it as a journal as well as a guide. Leadership evolves but should always maintain a baseline code of conduct. Leaders are accountable, humble (though not self-effacing), and generous with their time and energy. They are teachers, friends, students, and pillars of strength. This book will teach you how to be one of them, whoever and wherever you are.

About the Author

About the Author Andrea Blaustein raised three children on her own—first in Montreal, Quebec, and then when they moved to Ottawa, Ontario, in 1997. She returned to college full-time in 1998 at Algonquin College and became a highly regarded professional physical security specialist. In 2010, she returned to school again—this time, on a part-time basis—to gain her bachelor’s degree in criminology with a minor in law from Carleton University. She is also a certified master life coach, a certified business coach, and a group coach. Her passion for good leadership came from watching great leaders working and the ease in which they seemed to lead. She began studying what they had in common, how they handled the difficult moments of decision, and the effect that their leadership style had on people around them, both personally and professionally. Andrea is passionate about many things, but ensuring that her grandchildren live in a safer, smarter, and better world tops the list. In them, she sees future leaders and her own legacy grown from her children’s work ethic and good characters. Her involvement in her community as a volunteer has brought much to her life and is something that she believes helps to keep the great people and great leaders around her.