About

Miles Anthony Smith, MBA betters organizations by coaching leaders, setting clear expectations, and developing a strong team culture, exhibiting both humility and fierce resolve. His mission in life is “To Chart the Course, Pave the Pathway, and Light the Lane for Others to Eclipse My Own Success in Leadership”, and it is this passion to help other leaders learn from his experiences that resulted in the book:

"Why Leadership Sucks: Fundamentals of Level 5 Leadership and Servant Leadership"

Why does leadership suck? It sucks because real leadership is hard and requires selfless service. It also sucks because the buck stops here, meaning it is ultimately the leader’s responsibility to deal with all of the crap. Lastly, it is easier to be too harsh instead of balancing our hard and soft nature. It requires less effort to “lead” (if you can call it that) in the harsh, dictatorial, selfish way that is so prevalent today. The alternative to selfish “leadership” is servant leadership or Level 5 leadership. This book points to the practical steps I have found to move toward becoming a Level 5/servant leader. Level 5 leadership is uncomfortable, humbling, self-denying, painful, and counterintuitive; nonetheless, in the long term, it is the only kind of leadership that brings lasting results, genuine happiness, and true self-fulfillment.