I am once again back to posting book reviews. The way the holidays fell, there was lots of "reading" time.
I read Seven Disciplines of a Leader - How to Help Your People, Team, and Organization Achieve Maximum Effectiveness by Jeff Wolf.
It starts with a few chapters on "What is the job of a leader" including that it is not that easy.
Then it gets into the Disciplines. The first one is "Initiative and Influence". The subtitle was the way I like to lead. It said "Set an Example for Others".
Then it moves to "Vision, Strategy and Alignment" which I thought might be a bit theoretical but it jumps right into the progression from plans to accomplishments.
Throughout the book are examples to drive home the points. The example given for this one was Mollie Katzen who was starting a new venture. Her first critical rule was "Capitalize on your past and reputation". It certainly resonates with what I am doing now.
Discipline 4 was Social, Emotional and Political Capital. (yes I did skip Discipline 3 - I am not doing a book summary, I am commenting on the book). I would add Adversity Capital. I am a big believer in the importance of the Q's - EQ, PQ, AQ and to a lesser extent - IQ.
Discipline 6 - Love and leverage. There is no substitute for passion about work.
After the 7 Disciplines, it had 11 Practices of Highly Effective Leaders.
Practice 5 was "master communication". And a Jeff Wolf quote "Listen more - talk less"
Good book - I learned from it and got some ideas.
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I almost did not blog today because one of my blogging rules is to only blog when I am "up".
My father is sick and that is overriding much of my thought.
The end of life brings sadness. The beginning brings hope. So some grandkid pictures to brighten the day:
I read Seven Disciplines of a Leader - How to Help Your People, Team, and Organization Achieve Maximum Effectiveness by Jeff Wolf.
It starts with a few chapters on "What is the job of a leader" including that it is not that easy.
Then it gets into the Disciplines. The first one is "Initiative and Influence". The subtitle was the way I like to lead. It said "Set an Example for Others".
Then it moves to "Vision, Strategy and Alignment" which I thought might be a bit theoretical but it jumps right into the progression from plans to accomplishments.
Throughout the book are examples to drive home the points. The example given for this one was Mollie Katzen who was starting a new venture. Her first critical rule was "Capitalize on your past and reputation". It certainly resonates with what I am doing now.
Discipline 4 was Social, Emotional and Political Capital. (yes I did skip Discipline 3 - I am not doing a book summary, I am commenting on the book). I would add Adversity Capital. I am a big believer in the importance of the Q's - EQ, PQ, AQ and to a lesser extent - IQ.
Discipline 6 - Love and leverage. There is no substitute for passion about work.
After the 7 Disciplines, it had 11 Practices of Highly Effective Leaders.
Practice 5 was "master communication". And a Jeff Wolf quote "Listen more - talk less"
Good book - I learned from it and got some ideas.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I almost did not blog today because one of my blogging rules is to only blog when I am "up".
My father is sick and that is overriding much of my thought.
The end of life brings sadness. The beginning brings hope. So some grandkid pictures to brighten the day:
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