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runawaykid's review against another edition
3.0
As the book title suggests, this is no-fads, heart-of-the-matter stuff. Based on copious research, the authors find that being honest, forward-looking, inspiring and competent are four qualities that people have consistently ranked as most important in leaders.
Being honest is about credibility, doing what you say you will do. It is about being clear about your values, while listening to and observing other people's values, and then painting a vision everyone in the right context can own. Being forward-looking requires you to actually spend time in the future, thinking about what doesn't yet exist, instead of merely responding to the day-to-day. And so forth.
Not new, but not always prevalent in the workplace either, so this book serves as a useful reminder.
Being honest is about credibility, doing what you say you will do. It is about being clear about your values, while listening to and observing other people's values, and then painting a vision everyone in the right context can own. Being forward-looking requires you to actually spend time in the future, thinking about what doesn't yet exist, instead of merely responding to the day-to-day. And so forth.
Not new, but not always prevalent in the workplace either, so this book serves as a useful reminder.
spyralnode's review
2.0
Maybe a bit too no-fad. Catchy, punchy, strong, yet somehow unoriginal and unfulfilled because it is lacking in examples that would truly bring the ideas home. Due to how open to interpretation everything regarding leadership is, I would not recommend this - it reads like a recipe book.
The content is fine for the most part but there was also a specific idea that I completely disagreed with - the idea that people can only be as strong as their weaknesses, and that they are limited by their weaknesses so leaders can’t overlook them and have to fix them. I disagree with the ‘have to fix’. I would encourage a perspective that looks at the effect of this weakness and how it affects the opportunities and growth this person is getting, and then assess what kind of a mitigation is truly necessary.
The content is fine for the most part but there was also a specific idea that I completely disagreed with - the idea that people can only be as strong as their weaknesses, and that they are limited by their weaknesses so leaders can’t overlook them and have to fix them. I disagree with the ‘have to fix’. I would encourage a perspective that looks at the effect of this weakness and how it affects the opportunities and growth this person is getting, and then assess what kind of a mitigation is truly necessary.
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