First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

As I began to read this book, I was reminded of the title of […]. Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Actually, what we should fear are complacency and self-satisfaction as well as the assumption that “just good enough” really is.

Kaplan 85

Kaplan Greenleaf Collins Books 85

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight. Don't just take my word for it, Mike Vardy is a believer in leadership books as well. If you read, absorb, and apply the advice in these best leadership books, they will help you.

Career 97

Career Books Servant Leader Leadership 97

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Among my favorite lessons from Robert Greenleaf is the one on “Primus Inter Pares” This is Latin for, “ First Among Equals “ The point is, if someone is an expert on a topic, they may be better to lead a discussion or decision on that topic, than the chief executive. In fact, the man never felt qualified for the job.

Servant Leader 197

Servant Leader Greenleaf Delegation Collins 197

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

For instance, Turregano has used the 1957 drama 12 Angry Men to illustrate Jim Collins' ideas in the best-selling book Good to Great, and the classic It's a Wonderful Life to model Robert Greenleaf's ideas of servant leadership.

Film 158

Film Greenleaf Leadership Collins 158

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Marva Collins showed that children who were previously labeled “learning disabled&# were actually victims of the label they were given by teachers who didn’t know how to teach to them. Collins worked with were predicted to fail, but instead she believed in and discovered their potential. The children that Ms.

Collins 188

Collins Blog Greenleaf Maslow 188