One of several book cases in our house.
Yesterday morning I “treated” myself to a long Father’s Day run while listening to the book, “Mutlipliers,” by Liz Wiseman.
“Multipliers” is a great book about leadership that my daughter turned me on to.
I am a life-long student of leadership. Â I’ve read or listened to a few hundred books on, in, and around the topic of leadership.
I agree with John Maxwell’s view on leadership when he says, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.”
Beginning today, the focus of my Monday blogs will be leadership. Â I have several leaders who read my blog and thought this would be a great way to challenge my leader-friends, first thing out of the gate every week.
Leadership is a topic we can all benefit from whether we are leading an organization, a small group, or simply leading our own lives. Â Everything certainly does rise and fall with leadership.
Monday Morning Leadership Thought:
A key trait I see in all great leaders is they are life-long learners. Â Personally, I hate to read, but I love to learn and grow, so I read or I listen to books every day.
Listening to books makes running ten miles or biking fifty miles go a lot faster…sort of. 🙂
I usually have three to four books “going on” all the time. Â My current leadership “reads” include:
- Essentialism, by Greg McKeown…(My kids got me this book for Father’s Day…go figure.)
- Mindset, by Carol Dweck
- Multipliers, by Liz Wiseman
- Emotional Agility, by Susan David
- Breathing Under Water, by Richard Rohr…(12 Step-Christian recovery based)
Additional books I’ve read recently and would highly recommend:
- Resilience, Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life, by Eric Greitens
- Leadership is an Art, by Max DePree
- Lifeness-Harmonize an Entrepreneurial Life, by Tom Rubens (my friend and colleague)
- Extreme Ownership, by Willink and Babin
- No Limits, by John Maxwell
- The Power of the Other, by Henry Cloud
- A Leader’s Legacy, by Kouzes and Posner
The top two leadership books ever written (my opinion); which I’ve read each of them multiple times:
- #1-The Leadership Challenge, by Kouzes and Posner–the reason it is the absolute best, is everything they write about is supported by data and facts. Â If you want to lead others well, follow their road map.
- #2-The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephan Covey–it is the best personal leadership book I’ve ever read. Â If you want to lead yourself well, follow Covey’s road map.
Please feel free to shoot me an email with any recent books you’ve read and think I would like.
Commit to making this your best week of leadership ever…pick up a book, read, learn, grow and pass it on!
Proverbs 1:5, Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
Proverbs 18:15, An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
P.E.A.C.E.
Jay@EagleLaunch.com
