Measure of a Leader: The Legendary Leadership Formula For Producing Exceptional Performers and Outstanding Results

by Aubrey C. Daniels, James E. Daniels

An innovative behavioral approach to leadership from the bestselling author of Bringing Out the Best in People Management guru Aubrey Daniels delivers a proven, scientifically grounded approach to great leadership with Measure of a Leader . This book turns conventional leadership wisdom on its head, showing how to focus on the behavior of followers to craft a powerful leadership style. Structuring their message around the indicators of follower behavior that predict a leader's influence, Aubrey and James Daniels show exactly how to impact the growth of a business, its customers, and the marketplace. Even more important, the authors' system gives managers the tools to adapt the approach, creating positive behavior that can improve the performance of their people. Managers are transformed into leaders, creating a legacy that perpetually generates greater momentum, commitment, initiative, and reciprocity throughout an organization.

Genres: Leadership, Nonfiction, Business

224 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 2005

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This could be the first and the last time anyone sees me read a book on leadership. In my last job, about two-hundred copies of this book haunted our backroom and I wasn't ever sure why an educational professional development office was filling its shelves with a leadership book. No one ever told me why it was there, so out of curiosity, I read it.

Most interesting to me was the difference between leaders and managers, as the two are apparently not synonymous. In the past year, I've realized I would love to have someone that I look up to as a leader also be my manager. However, it seems almost an impossibility to have both...

There were some ties here to positive behavior support, so perhaps that is why it was in the back room. Wonder where all those copies will go to now?

[Liza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite possibly one of the best books on leadership I have read so far!!!

[pan pan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started to read this when there was nothing else suitable to my taste and so I had to choose between Danielle Steel or a book about being a good leader and how it differs from being a good manager.
I must admit that it was more entertaining than expected.