The Essence of Leadership
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1404100156
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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The Essence of Leadership is book three in this image driven, inspirational, motivational series. In Mac’s first two books, the focus was on what it takes to obtain true success in life and how to achieve the right kind of attitude. Both previous books used inspirational stories and described the importance of how to achieve personal progress through character traits and godly living-all of this reinforced by the power of inspiring and striking imagery. In The Essence of Leadership, Mac takes a similar approach to direct readers to achieve personal success through integrity, ethics, loyalty, persistence, faith matters, and many more character traits that form the leader within a person.
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A Leading Promoter of Inspirational Leadership Inspires and Instructs by Mark B. Cohen
Author Mac Anderson is the founder of Successories, Inc., billed as “the leader in designing and marketing products for motivation and recognition.” The author here combines the compelling photographs and quotations for which Successories is well known with wisdom from both his extensive business experience and his reading of other leadership gurus.
A good leader, the author says, should “walk the talk; keep it simple and keep it real; celebrate successes; know that courage matters; keep hope alive; take responsibility; develop a ’service attitude’; aim for the heart; and make a difference when wherever” possible.
“If you throw your heart over the fence, the rest will follow,” the author says illustrating the virtue of Heartpower. “Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb,” the author says illustrating the virtue of Risk. “That’s where the fruit is.” “Integrity does not blow in the wind or change with the tide,” the author says in promiting Integrity. “It is the inner image of our true selves.”
Other virtues the author promotes are LEADERSHIP (”By the work, one knows the workman,” Jean de la Fontaine said), ATTITUDE (”Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference),DISCOVERY (”Leaders are like eagles,” said Henry David Thoreau. “They don’t flock, you find them one at a time”), GOALS (”Dream big dreams but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success”), KINDNESS (”The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched,” Helen Keller said. “They must be felt in the heart”), OPTIMISM (”Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement,” Helen Keller said), VISION (”…The music makers…the dreamers of dreams…are the movers and shakers of the world forever it seems,” said Arthur O’Shaughnessy), RECHARGE (”My attitude, my energy, my levels of motivation are directly tied to exercise”), PERSEVERANCE (”Go over, go under, go around, or go through, but never give up”), VALUES (”Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least,” said Goethe),CULTIVATE (”Pull the weeds. Otherwise the team, just like the garden, cannot grow,” said John Murphy), TRUST (”Trust, not technology, is the issue of the decade,” said Tom Peters, EXCELLENCE (”Excellence is not an act…It’s a habit,” said Artistotle), SERVICE (”Service is the lifeblood of any organization. Everything flows from it, and is nourished by it. Customer service is not a department…it’s an attitude”), LEADERSHIP (”A leader’s job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be”), QUALITY (”In the race for quality, there is no finish line,”),FOCUS (”Focus on the critical few, not the insignificant many”), FEELINGS (”You may not remember what someone says or does, but you’ll never forget about how they made you feel,”), SUCCESS (”Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value,” Albert Einstein said), INTEGRITY (”Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it”), PASSION (”To love what you do and feel that it matters…How could anything be more fun,” said Katherine Graham), and PURPOSE (”Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven,” said Matthew in the New Testament).
Ideals the author pushes include “aim for the heart;” “develop a service attitude,” “think change”; “strive for authenticity;” “take action;” “hre great people;” “expect the unexpected;” “take the inch by inch approach;” “walk a mile in their shoes;” “embrace humor, hope, and optimism;” “reward the gift of imagination;” “manage your energy;” “develop a ‘refuse to lose’ attitude;” “reinforce core values;” “pull the weeds (among employees);” “create an attitude of ownership;” “make good habits;” “learn from Southwest Airlines (about making customers have fun and feel respected)”; “your customers must come in second (to your employees);” “make your brand stand for something;” “focus on your priorities;” “understand the soft stuff;” “lead with values;” “lead with integrity;” “love what you do;” “make a difference.”
The author has written a book to be read quickly, and a book to be reread time and again. The author has written a book to keep, and a book to give away. The author has boiled leadership down to its essence, and created a basis for future thought and research.
It seems there are an unlimited number of books on leadership, and none are either omniscent or indispensable. The author has written a good book to read at the start of leadership responsibilities, and a good book to read when one is enmeshed in leadership responsiblities. The author has made a contribution both to leadership itself, and to aiding in the communication of what leaders do from veteran leaders to newer leaders.
Woodrow Wilson famously said that the more time he had to prepare a speech, the shorter he could make it. With many years in the business of leadership instruction, the author has written a short but comprehensive outline of what leadership is all about in a manner that provokes sustained thought and provides inspiration.
This book deserves a wide audience in business, government, volunteer organization, and non-profits. Wherever leadership is needed and there is doubt as to what leadership entails, this is a book to begin the discussions and help start developing the solutions.
SIMPLE, CONCISE, and EFFECTIVE! by J. Barker
I love the book! It sits on my desk and everyone who walks in, picks up the book. The longer stories are only 2 pages… and someone can digest that in a 5 minute sitting. It is great!
Hope you enjoy,
Joe
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