The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently

by Nathan Whitaker; Tony Dungy

Publisher:

Tyndale

, 2010

Overview

“Your only job is to help your players be better.” That single idea had a huge impact on Tony Dungy when he heard it from one of his earliest mentors, and it led him to develop the successful leadership style so admired by players and coaches throughout the NFL. Now, a storied career and a Super Bowl victory later, Tony Dungy is sharing his unique leadership philosophy with you.

In The Mentor Leader, Tony reveals what propelled him to the top of his profession and shows how you can apply the same approach to virtually any area of your life. In the process, you’ll learn the seven keys of mentoring leadership—and why they’re so effective; why mentor leadership brings out the best in people; how a mentor leader recovers from mistakes and handles team discipline; and the secret to getting people to follow you and do their best for you without intimidation tactics. As a son, a football player, and a winning coach, Tony has always learned from others on his path to success. Now you can learn to succeed for your team, family, or organization while living out your values—by becoming a mentor leader.

Key Features

• Holds certain principles of successful leadership to be timeless
• Explores how a leadership style can dictate the effectiveness of a person, and his impact on others
• Advocates for a mentor-leader style of leadership that is concerned with adding value the people's lives

Contents

• The Mandate of a Mentor Leader: Focus on Significance
• The Mind-Set of a Mentor Leader: “It’s Not about Me”
• The Maturity of a Mentor Leader: A Look Within
• The Marks of a Mentor Leader: Characteristics That Matter
• The Moments of a Mentor Leader: Influence and Impact
• The Model of a Mentor Leader: Living the Message
• The Means of a Mentor Leader: Maximizing Team Performance
• The Methods of a Mentor Leader: The Seven E’s of Enhancing Potential
• The Measure of a Mentor Leader: Building Other Lives of Impact

Top Highlights

“If you take only one thing from this book, let it be this: Relationships are ultimately what matter—our relationships with God and with other people. The key to becoming a mentor leader is learning how to put other people first. You see, the question that burns in the heart of the mentor leader is simply this: What can I do to make other people better, to make them all that God created them to be?” (source)

“Mentor leaders understand that if we lose sight of people, we lose sight of the very purpose of leadership.” (source)

“The personal, one-on-one aspect of mentoring is something our society desperately needs.” (source)

“Mentor leadership focuses on relationships and positive influence because success in temporal things can be so fleeting. At the end of it all, sometimes you reach the organizational goals you’ve set, and sometimes you don’t. But either way, if you’re a leader, people’s lives should be better because of the influence you’ve had along the way.” (source)

“Your employer deserves your loyalty and whatever time it takes to perform your job. However, that job, that career, has to fit into your life in the appropriate place. It cannot be your life. It cannot be what defines you. It simply has to be one of the important priorities in your life.” (source)

Praise for The Mentor Leader

Product Details

• Title: The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently
• Authors: Nathan Whitaker, Tony Dungy
• Publisher: Tyndale
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 227
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Leadership; Leadership › Religious aspects--Christianity; Mentoring › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781414346137, 9781414338040, 9781414338057, 9781414338064, 1414346131, 141433804X, 1414338058, 1414338066
• Resource ID: LLS:9552530EAB12F33796594DE5C56E2BAC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:54:56Z