Billed as a way of improving your own leadership style and influence by learning about 21 great world leaders, this is a relatively harmless, interesting book. Clearly it is not going to be ground breaking or innovative, yet it still can deliver a lot to those who wait!
From politicians to business leaders, the authors have managed to find a good mix of known personalities to focus on. In some ways the list might feel tired and over-featured, such as U.S. Presidents and people like Steve Jobs or Nelson Mandela, though on the other hand they do encapsulate much inspirational, powerful leadership. It is a catch-22 situation in many ways.
This book is something that is ideal for the commute, a late night read or even a “bathroom resource”.
The authors claim that the essence of leadership comes down to seven key ingredients, namely vision, communication skills, people skills, character, competence, boldness and a “service heart”. The selected characters have had, the authors contend, a powerful impact on the way we live our lives today. Is that slightly overdriven? That can be harder to determine and depends on so many factors. Maybe we would all come up with a different list of 21 characters if we had to make one.
Yet as a compilation of leadership-focussed tales that will inform and educate you even if they don’t all necessarily inspire, this book achieves its goal. It was a pleasant way to spend an evening!
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