Personal Leadership development #3
Practical steps to take to read leadership books
1) Ask other influential people which leadership books they are currently reading. Also find the leadership books which have become bestsellers.
2) Buy the books ( Do not let it gather dust on your book shelf, question to ask yourself, How many books have you bought and have never read?)
3) Have a goal to read atleast one book a month if not more. One of my friends has a goal to read one book a week and he does it!
4) Just setting a goal is not enough, do read it. Carry the book in your bag and when you find time keep reading as you are waiting for your dental appointment or for a business meeting to start.
Some of the books I recommend are 1) Leadership Challenge By Kouses and Posner 2) Developing the leader within you By John Maxwell and ofcourse my book Moving from Vision to Reality
I THINK THE STEPS THAT YOU LISTED TO READ A LEADERSHIP BOOK ARE GOOD, BUT SHOULDN'T APPLYING THE BOOK TO YOUR LIFE BE ONE OF THE STEPS?
Posted by: Angelina Gonzaelz JBC OMEGA CLASS | May 18, 2008 at 04:22 PM
I agree Angelina. We certainly should apply what we learn from the books. Application of knowledge is wisdom.
Posted by: Cyril | May 18, 2008 at 09:58 PM
Love the comment on application...
...and, at the same time I am sitting thinking of the iterative approach to personal development. I trust that marketers have studied things when they say/claim people need to see an advertisement "a bunch of times" before they see it.
Who knows, that one "leadership" book I read 4 years ago may not have spurred action THEN, but it could...now...
Posted by: Jason Womack | May 20, 2008 at 01:04 PM