Beyond The Superhero

Executive Leadership For The Rest Of Us

Published by Forbes Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

Occupying a corner office shouldn’t make a business leader feel overwhelmed, underprepared, or anxious about failing.
Still, we unfairly set up impossible expectations for senior leaders to drive the success of their enterprises. Jason Randall offers an alternate path to success based on his unusually diverse career managing teams big and small.

Beyond the Superhero: Executive Leadership for the Rest of Us is part memoir, part handbook. Writing with extraordinary clarity, Randall debunks myths and explores the strategies that he uses every day to strengthen his team, care for his clients, and overcome chaos.
This is a book for anyone in leadership—and anyone who plans to be. It offers practical tactics for exercising humility, building confidence, clarifying purpose, and creating a human-centered company culture.

About The Author

JASON RANDALL, a business leader with a gift for inspiring successful teams, has a résumé nobody would ever build by design. Jason studied accounting at the University of Missouri-Columbia, became a CPA for an international firm, then left to start small franchise businesses with a lifelong friend.

After taking time out to earn an MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Jason plunged into the corporate world at Goldman Sachs and Boston Consulting Group before eventually becoming director of brand marketing for Maritz, a storied B2B company.

In 2005, Jason became CEO of an e-commerce company, where he was introduced to the concept of outsourcing human resources as a client of Insperity. He later joined Insperity, a company with more than $4 billion in revenue, serving as a vice president and managing director. In 2018, Jason was named CEO of Questco, a Houston-area HR outsourcing company known for its can-do spirit and award-winning customer service.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Forbes Books (June 29, 2021)
  • Length: 168 pages
  • ISBN13: 9798887509730

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Raves and Reviews

“Jason brings to life many of the best lessons of positive psychology. He not only knows the research, he lives it. The insight and support he offers to you as a new senior executive will accelerate your success, and you’ll have more fun on your journey. Beyond the Superhero is a must-read for leaders.” —MICHELLE GIELAN, Positive Psychology researcher and Best-Selling Author Of Broadcasting Happiness

“At the Rutgers Business School Center for Women in Business, we work to remove barriers and empower women to succeed as business leaders. Jason provides rich stories and practical advice to help new leaders transcend the impostor syndrome that affects so many of us, women in particular. It’s refreshing to see an executive make such a clear connection between ensuring the success of the company and ensuring the success of the people on his team.” —LISA S. KAPLOWITZ, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Finance and Economics Department; Executive Director, Center for Women in Business, Rutgers Business School

“Jason gives vivid examples of the behaviors that make a winning CEO of a private equity-owned company: building a strong team, communicating with both candor and optimism, and installing a deep sense of accountability and personal ownership throughout the organization. Beyond the Superhero shares a great, results-oriented mindset that’s especially valuable to emerging leaders and to those that are interested in the path to exceptional achievement.” —NICHOLAS A. PETERS, Managing Director, Parallel49 Equity

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