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Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life


Title Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life
Writer Kenneth H. Blanchard
Date 2025-04-19 16:03:11
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Desciption

Successful leaders don’t rest on their laurels because leadership is not a title on a business card. Leadership is a living process—and life means growth. As Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller write in the introduction, “the path to increased influence, impact, and leadership effectiveness is paved with personal growth.… Our capacity to grow determines our capacity to lead. It’s really that simple.” Great Leaders Grow shows leaders and aspiring leaders precisely which areas to focus on so they can remain effective throughout their lives.Debbie Brewster—the protagonist from Blanchard and Miller’s international bestseller The Secret —returns in this book to mentor her mentor’s son, Blake, as he begins his career. Now an accomplished leader herself, Debbie shows Blake how growing as a leader and as a human being are inextricably linked. “How well you and I serve will be determined by the decision to grow or not,” she says. “Will you be a leader who is always ready to face the next challenge? Or will you be a leader who tries to apply yesterday’s solutions to today’s problems?”As Blake confronts the challenges of business in the real world, he turns to Debbie for guidance. Step by step, Debbie and Blake explore the GROW model—four ways that leaders must challenge and stretch themselves, both on the job and off, to fulfill their highest potential.Whether you’re a CEO or an entry-level employee, this book will inspire you to reflect on your life and design your own long-term growth plan—a plan that can lead not only to continuing professional success but to personal fulfillment as well.


Review

I listened to the audio book and I did not enjoy it. The fable was cheesy and trite.This book would be okay for someone like Blake from the story just starting his career at the age of 22 or even someone changing careers later in life.To summarize the GROW acronym, Gain Knowledge, Reach out to others, Open(ing) your world, and Walk toward Wisdom [because everyone knows that Wisdom wears a t-shirt with the word Wisdom on it so when you see that person walk toward them]. To add to this acronym:Gain knowledge: yourself, others, industry, leadershipReach out to others: formally, informallyOpen your world: at work, outside workWalk toward wisdom: self-evaluation, feedback, counsel, time.Two better books about Leadership I recommend are "You Don't Need a Title to be a Leader" and "The Fred Factor" by Mark Sanborn.

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