The Heart of Leadership – Becoming A Leader People Want to Follow by Mark Miller (San Fransico: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc, 2013)
This book is filled with awesome quotes. Here is a sample of gems:
- There is a lot more to leadership than great individual work.
- You can lead with or without a title. If you wait until you get a title, you could wait forever.
- If you don’t demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed.
- The servant leader constantly works to help others win.
- Leadership character, like other character traits, once established, is hard to hide.
This is only a sampling of awesome content. The heart of the book is about leadership character. there are three insights into this fact.
- Without leadership character, no one cares about your skills.
- There are five core traits that describe leadership character.
- H unger for Wisdom
- E xpect the Best
- A ccept Responsibility
- R espond with Courage
- T hink Others First
- Leadership character can be formed and transformed.
About the Author
Mark Miller began writing about a decade ago when he teamed up with Ken Blanchard on The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do. Since then, his books have sold almost 600,000 copies worldwide. Miller encourages leaders through his posts on GreatLeadersServe.org. It’s rated as one of the top leadership blogs in the world and has garnered almost 2 million page views since its inception less than two years ago. Miller also sells chicken. He started his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member back in 1977. He joined the corporate staff in 1978, working in the warehouse and mailroom. Today he serves as the vice president for organizational effectiveness.
Miller also sells chicken. He started his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member back in 1977. He joined the corporate staff in 1978, working in the warehouse and mailroom. Today he serves as the vice president for organizational effectiveness.
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