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Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

tomrrandall's review against another edition

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4.0

These can be hit-or-miss but this one hit for me. Diagnosis of the downfalls of 20th and early 21st century workplaces matched my experience. Probably best read with Quiet, because this one overemphasizes extroversion.

tlo11's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

xantosys's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

a_caffeinatedcat's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

jong972's review against another edition

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4.0

Great overview of servant leadership from a social and scientific perspective. Gets a bit preachy at times, but still a solid read.

anastasiahiraeth's review against another edition

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2.0

Die letzten 30-40 Seiten habe ich nur noch überflogen, weil Simon Sinek da mit Geschichten und Fakten von amerikanischen Finanzunternehmen um sich geschmissen hat, dass die Aufmerksamkeit des Lesers einfach abreißen muss.

Grundsätzlich ist das Buch nicht schlecht! Die Quintessenz erfährt man ziemlich bald, die steht sogar auf dem Klappentext drauf, nämlich, dass gute Unternehmen ausmacht, dass die Führer ihre Mitarbeiter behandeln wie Freunde oder sogar Familie. Und Mitarbeiter und Führer sich eben gegenseitig auch nach außen hin schützen und gegenseitig motivieren wie Freunde oder Familie.

Einige der anschaulichen Beispiele von US-Unternehmen - denn Sinek hat irgendwie einen Narren gefressen an US-Unternehmen und lässt Europäer und Asiaten links liegen - sind ja auch ganz interessant. Doch irgendwann wird das einfach zuviel mit den Aktien und den Umsätzen und den ganzen Prozenten und schieß-mich-tot-was-noch-für-Zahlen.

Es kommt mir sogar so vor, als hätte Sinek eine gewisse Seitenzahlvorgabe bekommen, die es ums Biegen und Brechen zu erfüllen gab.

Aber vielleicht ist Simon Sinek auch einfach so. Vielleicht mag er ja diese ganzen Zahlen und Statistiken. Ich kann‘s nicht sagen, es ist mein erstes Buch von ihm. Durchaus lehrreich, aber etwas „too much“.

cmcarr's review against another edition

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2.0

This book does a great job of outlining what a strong organizational culture looks like, and contrasting it with a poorly functioning one. I'm completely bought in on the organization that seeks to seeks to empower and enrich the lives of its employees. That being said, I found it hard to take away how to push for and enable such a culture if you aren't the CEO of the organization. I truly believe everyone can impact culture, but this book didn't give much insight into how to do that outside of the executive level.

I couldn't help but to think about dysfunctional organizations when I read this book. I worked for (at least) one organization that lacked an empowering, respectful culture. And I think I underestimated the way in which that culture slowly impacts how you think about leadership, mentorship, collaboration, etc. I'm still working on unlearning some of the things I naturally picked up there.

russellcw's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

molekkasa's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 stars.

I first heard about Simon Sinek from my previous boss who looks up to him and encouraged to read his work or watch his talks, but I never did. I've always approached this self help talks with cynicism as most of the times they're repeats on the same ol' thing.

However while what Sinek says is fundamentally the same, he writes in an approachable manner and the example stories are interesting. I've always preferred to read on real life situations rather than just a theory thrown (which Sinek mentions here).

Essentially it's all about creating a Circle of Safety and how as leaders we can create that for a better performing team. And empathy, we all need that in this day and age. Ideally what Sinek suggests is great if it becomes true but realistically, now that we're in this capitalist and consumerism era, how much of it will happen remains a question mark and honestly looks very slim.

I do like his thoughts on ADHD. Finally, someone who speaks out from the rest.

Overall, doesn't hurt to read this. It's good to get refreshers once in a while.

aasim's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5