Top Ten Ways to Be a Great Leader
Ebook
Overview
- The two most important words in a leader’s vocabulary
- The skills a leader needs to communicate effectively
- Why today’s effective leaders lead with vulnerability
- The contrast between servant leadership and slave leadership
- How to lead with both passion and humility
- The difference between making a mark and leaving a legacy
Top Highlights
“After those elders turned a blind eye to my advice, I wanted to tell them to just ‘stop it!’ Stop being so inflexible. Stop hanging on to the past.” (source)
“first piece of leadership advice: don’t do what comes naturally” (source)
“Resilience means being soft in spirit, not rigid, like a sapling that is healthy, flexible, and alive no matter how powerfully the wind blows.” (source)
“Nothing stops the progress of an organization more quickly than leaders failing to listen. Followers want to communicate with their leaders. If you fail to listen to them, their very effectiveness and job satisfaction will be in jeopardy. You don’t have to agree with them, but they need to know they were heard.” (source)
“Great leadership is not about me. It is about we. It is what I call servant leadership—caring more about the good of my team than my own enrichment.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Top Ten Ways to Be a Great Leader
- Author: Finzel, Hans
- Publisher: David C Cook
- Publication Date: 2017
- ISBN: 9780781414838
Hans Finzel is known as an author of great leadership books. He travels the world speaking and teaching on all things leadership. Hans is a successful author, mentor, speaker and trusted authority in the field of leadership. Hans has trained leaders internationally on five continents. He and Donna founded HDLeaders in 2012 where he serves as President. Prior to that, Hans completed twenty years as President and CEO of international non-profit WorldVenture. Hans and his wife Donna spent ten years living in Vienna, Austria while training leaders throughout Eastern Europe behind the Iron Curtain before the fall of communism. He has an earned doctorate in the field of leadership from Fuller School of Intercultural Studies. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Columbia International University (CIU.EDU) for twenty years. Hans is host of “The Leadership Answer Man” Podcast. He is the author of ten books, including his bestseller The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make (David C Cook) and his newest release is MillennialBOOM! (Top Ten Enterprises) with Patrick Kelly. His books have been published in over twenty foreign languages.