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The Self-Aware Leader: Play to Your Strengths, Unleash Your Team
Lack of self-awareness is the single greatest obstacle leaders face in their development, effectiveness, and advancement. Dr. John C. Maxwell will help any leader become more self-aware, focused, and confident.
With fifty years of leading and teaching experience, influential leadership expert and speaker John C. Maxwell can help you become your best leadership self.
In The Self-Aware Leader, Maxwell teaches readers how to:
gauge your effectiveness as a leader,
make better choices that lead to success,
discover and correct your own mistakes,
improve your leadership with the team, and
make the right trades in your career.
Self-awareness is key for new and seasoned leaders who want to avoid micro-managing, handle criticism with grace, and give others the credit they deserve. Maxwell also aims to help current and new managers looking to identify their strengths, become a better learner, and improve listening skills.
When leaders don’t see themselves clearly, understand their strengths and weaknesses, or recognize their negative interactions with their team, they limit their influence and undermine their own effectiveness. What’s the solution? Become a self-aware leader.
With fifty years of leading and teaching experience, influential leadership expert and speaker John C. Maxwell can help you become your best leadership self.
In The Self-Aware Leader, Maxwell teaches readers how to:
gauge your effectiveness as a leader,
make better choices that lead to success,
discover and correct your own mistakes,
improve your leadership with the team, and
make the right trades in your career.
Self-awareness is key for new and seasoned leaders who want to avoid micro-managing, handle criticism with grace, and give others the credit they deserve. Maxwell also aims to help current and new managers looking to identify their strengths, become a better learner, and improve listening skills.
When leaders don’t see themselves clearly, understand their strengths and weaknesses, or recognize their negative interactions with their team, they limit their influence and undermine their own effectiveness. What’s the solution? Become a self-aware leader.
165 pages, Hardcover
First published October 5, 2021
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John C. Maxwell
998 books5,843 followersJohn Calvin Maxwell is an American author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. Some of his books have been on the New York Times Best Seller List.
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July 1, 2023
The book "Self-Aware Leader" is a really great introduction to the world of leadership that sets out on a profound journey into the depths of effective leadership. I thoroughly enjoyed the way the author offers valuable insights and practical guidance that is accessible and easy to understand for a newbie like me to this world and these kind of books.
From the beginning I loved how the author explained the importance of self awareness and the way it impacts us as a person, the decisions we make and what kind of leaders we are. As well as who are we leading, which, first and foremost, should be ourselves. Love how much emphasis and almost 'urge' this author put out in order to encourage us to reflect on our values, strengths, and weaknesses. I really think it's essential to lead authentically and make meaningful connections with the team, however many people it may consist of.
I also enjoyed the blend of theory with real-world examples and practical exercises, all again, accompanied with the author's simple, accessible writing style, making complex concepts easily digestible for both experienced leaders and aspiring ones and newbies. I also really loved the little anecdotes! While some of them may have dragged on a bit, I still really appreciated most of them because they helped make this read way more relatable and meaningful.
In conclusion, I think "Self-Aware Leader" is a thought-provoking and transformative book that I really would reccomend to read, especially for someone who doesn't know much about these concepts and needs a kind of an introduction. It really shines the light on the importance of self-awareness as well as assertiveness and authentic leadership in which the whole team grows together.
From the beginning I loved how the author explained the importance of self awareness and the way it impacts us as a person, the decisions we make and what kind of leaders we are. As well as who are we leading, which, first and foremost, should be ourselves. Love how much emphasis and almost 'urge' this author put out in order to encourage us to reflect on our values, strengths, and weaknesses. I really think it's essential to lead authentically and make meaningful connections with the team, however many people it may consist of.
I also enjoyed the blend of theory with real-world examples and practical exercises, all again, accompanied with the author's simple, accessible writing style, making complex concepts easily digestible for both experienced leaders and aspiring ones and newbies. I also really loved the little anecdotes! While some of them may have dragged on a bit, I still really appreciated most of them because they helped make this read way more relatable and meaningful.
In conclusion, I think "Self-Aware Leader" is a thought-provoking and transformative book that I really would reccomend to read, especially for someone who doesn't know much about these concepts and needs a kind of an introduction. It really shines the light on the importance of self-awareness as well as assertiveness and authentic leadership in which the whole team grows together.
December 13, 2023
I read this for a class and we had great discussion. However! Leading a mega church is very different than most leadership IMO. He also contradicts himself A LOT.
I just think the leadership experience of a straight white Christian man is VERY different than what the expectations and experience would be for someone like me or my friends. Like cis men and cis women have a very different experience in position of power and this is compounded when you add literally any other element of identity
Anyways it was fine.. there were OK parts. But I’m hesitant to trust literally any of what he says bc why would i trust a mega church pastor… is this about gaining leadership skills or stating a cult
I just think the leadership experience of a straight white Christian man is VERY different than what the expectations and experience would be for someone like me or my friends. Like cis men and cis women have a very different experience in position of power and this is compounded when you add literally any other element of identity
Anyways it was fine.. there were OK parts. But I’m hesitant to trust literally any of what he says bc why would i trust a mega church pastor… is this about gaining leadership skills or stating a cult
May 7, 2024
Not too bad, has some good reminders but doesn’t go too in depth, and some of the chapters can get a bit repetitive. I would recommend specific chapters rather than the whole book, but since it’s such a quick read you might as well read the whole thing lol. I might have to go back to it periodically to refresh my understanding in light of new experiences. Did a book club on it with a focus on education and the discussion was really interesting :)
May 7, 2024
Lots of good leadership nuggets in a quick style. Probably actually 3.5, but I like John in general, so I gave it a bump.
October 14, 2023
After 1st half the book became lil boring. This book is collection of all great authors and explanations of what they intend to say. I like it but this book did not engulf me, may be I'm not a self help booklover.
happy to add this book in my read list.
overall I would say its a good book. must read for a leader or the people who atleast want to lead themselves.
happy to add this book in my read list.
overall I would say its a good book. must read for a leader or the people who atleast want to lead themselves.
March 16, 2024
Very good short book about the heart of leadership. I believe every leader, experienced or new, would benefit in one way or another from reading it. Sadly, not every person in a leadership position are self aware, this can lead to a very tyrannical enviroment.
February 6, 2023
A good, quick read. Nothing too surprising here, but a great resource for an up and coming leader.
February 17, 2023
An easy book to read written by a person with experience in a the most simplified way.John Maxwell highlighted how to become a self aware leader in a small book.
My favorite parts :
*Human nature seems to endow us with the ability to size up everybody in the world except ourselves.
*We tend to judge others according to their actions and results. However, we judge ourselves by our own intentions.
* To be successful in any endeavor, we need to learn how to get out of our own way.
* only a leader who followed well knows how to lead others well.
* Becoming a leader doesn't happen overnight. Microwave leaders don't have any staying power. Leadership takes time, but the end product is worth the wait.
* The willingness to seek and accept advice is a great indicator of accountability.
* leadership is a trust, not a right.
* The more you know your strengths and work within them, the more successful you will be.
* success is knowing your purpose in life, growing to your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.
* Get specific about your strengths and listen to what others praise.
* people don't pay for average.
* If you desire to be an effective leader, you must increase your ability to develop people in their areas of strength.
* communicate to all team members how each player fits on the team.
* Most leaders fall into either climber or connector camp. Climbers think vertical, connectors think horizontal. Climbers focus on position, connectors focus on relationships.unlike positional people who desire to climb the ladder, relational people are more focused on building bridges. Climber seek power, connectors seek partnership. If you climb without connecting, you may advance your career, but few people will want to work with you.
* Judith Tobin suggests the value of 5 qualities that can assist you to connect with others : Appreciation, sensitivity, consistency, security, humor.
* success is fleeting but relationships are lasting.
* when people quit their jobs, the leaders need to look at themselves to see if they are the reason. People quit leaders who devalue them. They quit leaders who are untrustworthy. And who are incompetent and insecure.
* 5 quickest ways that leaders lost the trust of their people in the workplace were : Acting inconsistently in what they say and do, seeking personal gain above shared gain, withholding information, lying or telling half truths, being close minded.
* survey found that the best ways for leaders to build trust were to : maintain integrity, openly communicate their vision and values, show respect for fellow employees as equal partners, focus on shared goals more than their personal agendas, and do the right thing regardless of personal risk.
* * a leader needs to develop his leadership skilld and professional abilities because people follow leaders stronger than themselves.
* Exceptional leaders do two things :they develop other leaders, and they work themselves out of a job. Insecure leaders never do that. Instead, they try to make themselves indispensable.
* people quit people, not companies.
* we hear half of what is being said, listen to half of what we hear, understand half of that, believe half of that and remember only half of that.
* self aware leaders listen more than talk.
* good leaders are attentive to small issues. They pay close attention to what isn't being said.
* The higher people go in leadership, the more authority they wield, and the less they are forced to listen to others. However, their need to listen becomes greater than ever.
* No leader, no matter how good, gets only praise.
* Accept mistakes as the price of progress.
* if you want to be a better leader, you need to learn what needs your attention and what doesn't.
* Simplicity was the characteristic that differentiated the successful companies from the unsuccessful ones.
* change from a doer of many things to a leader of few things. Key to transition are 5 decisions : Determine not to know everything, Determine not to know everything first, Determine to let someone represent you (if they can do the job 80 % as well as you would, then they are ready.), Determine to stay with your strength and nit work on your weaknesses.
* The secret to success can be found in our daily agenda. If we do something intentional to grow every day, we move closer to reaching our potential. (have a personal growth plan.)
*successful leaders don't know everything. But they know people who do.
* If every problem must be shared with leaders first, then solutions become more complex and take forever.
When leaders are healthy, the people they lead tend to be healthy. When leaders are unhealthy, so are their followers. People may teach you what they know, but they reproduce what they are.
* Success does not mean simply being busy.
* staying where you are may give you security, but if what you are doing does not make a difference in the world and add value to people, it will never satisfy you. When you do work that really matters to you, it elevates you.
* choose focus over further exploration. You can go far if you only specialize in something. What one, two, three things can you do better than anything else? Find them, and once you do, stick with them.
* Identify the kinds of people who are helping you : time relievers, gift complementors, team players, creative thinkers, door closers, people developers, servant leaders, mind stretchers, relational networkers, spiritual mentors, and unconditional lovers.
* Discover your uniqueness, then discipline yourself to develop it. ~ Jim Sundberg
* Michael abrashoff said :whenever I could not get the results I wanted, I swallowed my temper and turned inward to see if I was part of the problem. I asked myself three questions :Did I clearly articulate the goals? Did I give people enough time and resources to accomplish the task? Did I give them enough training?
My favorite parts :
*Human nature seems to endow us with the ability to size up everybody in the world except ourselves.
*We tend to judge others according to their actions and results. However, we judge ourselves by our own intentions.
* To be successful in any endeavor, we need to learn how to get out of our own way.
* only a leader who followed well knows how to lead others well.
* Becoming a leader doesn't happen overnight. Microwave leaders don't have any staying power. Leadership takes time, but the end product is worth the wait.
* The willingness to seek and accept advice is a great indicator of accountability.
* leadership is a trust, not a right.
* The more you know your strengths and work within them, the more successful you will be.
* success is knowing your purpose in life, growing to your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.
* Get specific about your strengths and listen to what others praise.
* people don't pay for average.
* If you desire to be an effective leader, you must increase your ability to develop people in their areas of strength.
* communicate to all team members how each player fits on the team.
* Most leaders fall into either climber or connector camp. Climbers think vertical, connectors think horizontal. Climbers focus on position, connectors focus on relationships.unlike positional people who desire to climb the ladder, relational people are more focused on building bridges. Climber seek power, connectors seek partnership. If you climb without connecting, you may advance your career, but few people will want to work with you.
* Judith Tobin suggests the value of 5 qualities that can assist you to connect with others : Appreciation, sensitivity, consistency, security, humor.
* success is fleeting but relationships are lasting.
* when people quit their jobs, the leaders need to look at themselves to see if they are the reason. People quit leaders who devalue them. They quit leaders who are untrustworthy. And who are incompetent and insecure.
* 5 quickest ways that leaders lost the trust of their people in the workplace were : Acting inconsistently in what they say and do, seeking personal gain above shared gain, withholding information, lying or telling half truths, being close minded.
* survey found that the best ways for leaders to build trust were to : maintain integrity, openly communicate their vision and values, show respect for fellow employees as equal partners, focus on shared goals more than their personal agendas, and do the right thing regardless of personal risk.
* * a leader needs to develop his leadership skilld and professional abilities because people follow leaders stronger than themselves.
* Exceptional leaders do two things :they develop other leaders, and they work themselves out of a job. Insecure leaders never do that. Instead, they try to make themselves indispensable.
* people quit people, not companies.
* we hear half of what is being said, listen to half of what we hear, understand half of that, believe half of that and remember only half of that.
* self aware leaders listen more than talk.
* good leaders are attentive to small issues. They pay close attention to what isn't being said.
* The higher people go in leadership, the more authority they wield, and the less they are forced to listen to others. However, their need to listen becomes greater than ever.
* No leader, no matter how good, gets only praise.
* Accept mistakes as the price of progress.
* if you want to be a better leader, you need to learn what needs your attention and what doesn't.
* Simplicity was the characteristic that differentiated the successful companies from the unsuccessful ones.
* change from a doer of many things to a leader of few things. Key to transition are 5 decisions : Determine not to know everything, Determine not to know everything first, Determine to let someone represent you (if they can do the job 80 % as well as you would, then they are ready.), Determine to stay with your strength and nit work on your weaknesses.
* The secret to success can be found in our daily agenda. If we do something intentional to grow every day, we move closer to reaching our potential. (have a personal growth plan.)
*successful leaders don't know everything. But they know people who do.
* If every problem must be shared with leaders first, then solutions become more complex and take forever.
When leaders are healthy, the people they lead tend to be healthy. When leaders are unhealthy, so are their followers. People may teach you what they know, but they reproduce what they are.
* Success does not mean simply being busy.
* staying where you are may give you security, but if what you are doing does not make a difference in the world and add value to people, it will never satisfy you. When you do work that really matters to you, it elevates you.
* choose focus over further exploration. You can go far if you only specialize in something. What one, two, three things can you do better than anything else? Find them, and once you do, stick with them.
* Identify the kinds of people who are helping you : time relievers, gift complementors, team players, creative thinkers, door closers, people developers, servant leaders, mind stretchers, relational networkers, spiritual mentors, and unconditional lovers.
* Discover your uniqueness, then discipline yourself to develop it. ~ Jim Sundberg
* Michael abrashoff said :whenever I could not get the results I wanted, I swallowed my temper and turned inward to see if I was part of the problem. I asked myself three questions :Did I clearly articulate the goals? Did I give people enough time and resources to accomplish the task? Did I give them enough training?
December 7, 2024
A book about indigenous Europeans. Would recommend.
May 10, 2024
I think this would be best for a young leader who is still learning about themselves. But I’ve done a lot of self-work so there wasn’t anything really new here for me.
November 13, 2021
In this book, derived from material previously published in "Leadership Gold: Lessons I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Leading", leadership expert John Maxwell tells us that what sabotages more leadership efforts, holds back more good teams, and derails more leaders’ careers than anything else is a lack of self-awareness. Maxwell states that self-awareness for a leader is a lifelong journey. He writes that if you are new to leadership, the book will help you get a better start on your leadership journey, and that if you are an experienced leader, the book will help you fine-tune your leadership.
He begins the book by telling us that the toughest person to lead is always yourself. If you want a better team in a better organization that produces better results, you need to become better at leading yourself.
Among the subjects covered in the book are strengths (only twenty percent of employees feel that their strengths are in play every day in the work setting), helping your team win, trust, good listening, receiving criticism, mentors, failing successfully, being an intentional learner, creating a positive growth environment for the people you lead, developing others, and finding the one, two or three things you can do better than others and sticking with that.
Maxwell writes that as you increase your self-awareness and gain experience as a leader, you understand more and more that leadership is not about you. It’s about the team and helping them accomplish their mission.
Although based on previously published material, the book still has much to offer. Questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter, making this a good book to read and discuss with other leaders.
Below are 15 of my favorite quotes from the book:
• Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It’s to take people across the finish line with you.
• The willingness to seek and accept advice is a great indicator of accountability. And of a leader who is maturing and improving.
• Leading yourself well means that you hold yourself to a higher standard of accountability than others do.
• The more you know your strengths and work within them, the more successful you will be.
• People’s purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness. It always works that way. You will not be called to do something that you have no talent for. You will discover your purpose by finding and remaining in your strengths.
• If you don’t have the talent to do something better than others, find something else to do that leverages your abilities.
• The best leaders are characterized by their ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of their people and fit them into the jobs where they will do best.
• Many leaders fail to help their people find their strengths and place them in the organization where their strengths can be an asset to the company.
• Working on a weakness in your strength zone will always produce greater results than working on a strength in a weak area.
• We may say that people quit their job or their company, but the reality is that they usually quit their leaders.
• When it comes to defining failure or success, it’s not about the number of mistakes you make; it’s the number of times you make the same mistake.
• The value of asking, “What are we missing?” is that it causes everyone to stop and think.
• In any organization, problems should always be solved at the lowest level possible.
• As a leader, you should never expect loyalty from others before you have built a relationship and earned trust.
• Leaders may impress others when they succeed, but they impact others when the people on their team succeed.
He begins the book by telling us that the toughest person to lead is always yourself. If you want a better team in a better organization that produces better results, you need to become better at leading yourself.
Among the subjects covered in the book are strengths (only twenty percent of employees feel that their strengths are in play every day in the work setting), helping your team win, trust, good listening, receiving criticism, mentors, failing successfully, being an intentional learner, creating a positive growth environment for the people you lead, developing others, and finding the one, two or three things you can do better than others and sticking with that.
Maxwell writes that as you increase your self-awareness and gain experience as a leader, you understand more and more that leadership is not about you. It’s about the team and helping them accomplish their mission.
Although based on previously published material, the book still has much to offer. Questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter, making this a good book to read and discuss with other leaders.
Below are 15 of my favorite quotes from the book:
• Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It’s to take people across the finish line with you.
• The willingness to seek and accept advice is a great indicator of accountability. And of a leader who is maturing and improving.
• Leading yourself well means that you hold yourself to a higher standard of accountability than others do.
• The more you know your strengths and work within them, the more successful you will be.
• People’s purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness. It always works that way. You will not be called to do something that you have no talent for. You will discover your purpose by finding and remaining in your strengths.
• If you don’t have the talent to do something better than others, find something else to do that leverages your abilities.
• The best leaders are characterized by their ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of their people and fit them into the jobs where they will do best.
• Many leaders fail to help their people find their strengths and place them in the organization where their strengths can be an asset to the company.
• Working on a weakness in your strength zone will always produce greater results than working on a strength in a weak area.
• We may say that people quit their job or their company, but the reality is that they usually quit their leaders.
• When it comes to defining failure or success, it’s not about the number of mistakes you make; it’s the number of times you make the same mistake.
• The value of asking, “What are we missing?” is that it causes everyone to stop and think.
• In any organization, problems should always be solved at the lowest level possible.
• As a leader, you should never expect loyalty from others before you have built a relationship and earned trust.
• Leaders may impress others when they succeed, but they impact others when the people on their team succeed.
July 8, 2025
Packed full of content. This is a Biblically based leadership book but it isn't preachy. I tried to take notes but with so much information anyone can read this multiple times and glean new information. I plan to reread this. As Maxwell says, "The hardest thing for a leader to fix is themselves."
January 7, 2023
The Self-Aware Leader
Rating: 9/10
Genre: Self-help / Leadership
Recommendation: Must Read
Listened on Audible
I loved this book, especially as a leader! I listened to it on audible, it was short only about 3.5 hours and it was so insightful I decided to buy a hard copy to annotate/take notes so I might have a better review later!! Overall, great points, not just about leadership, but self-awareness and how your actions are viewed by others - especially those you lead.
Some of my favorite quotes:
•“When it comes to defining failure or success, it’s not about the number of mistakes you make; it’s the number of times you make the same mistake”
•“The best leaders are characterized by their ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of their people and fit them into the jobs where they will do their best”
•“As a leader, you should never expect loyalty from others before you have built a relationship and earned their trust”
•“Leaders may impress others when they succeed, but they impact others when the people on their team succeed”
•“If you want to be a self aware leader, you’ve got to be an intentional learner. If you want to become the best leader you can be, you need to become the best learner in the room”
Rating: 9/10
Genre: Self-help / Leadership
Recommendation: Must Read
Listened on Audible
I loved this book, especially as a leader! I listened to it on audible, it was short only about 3.5 hours and it was so insightful I decided to buy a hard copy to annotate/take notes so I might have a better review later!! Overall, great points, not just about leadership, but self-awareness and how your actions are viewed by others - especially those you lead.
Some of my favorite quotes:
•“When it comes to defining failure or success, it’s not about the number of mistakes you make; it’s the number of times you make the same mistake”
•“The best leaders are characterized by their ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of their people and fit them into the jobs where they will do their best”
•“As a leader, you should never expect loyalty from others before you have built a relationship and earned their trust”
•“Leaders may impress others when they succeed, but they impact others when the people on their team succeed”
•“If you want to be a self aware leader, you’ve got to be an intentional learner. If you want to become the best leader you can be, you need to become the best learner in the room”
December 23, 2023
A great book on leadership.
Please note that my reviews are subjective because they are based on my personal experiences that I bring to all reading. You may find different experiences when you read this book (and that is one of the beauties of reading):
Maxwell is a high level author. He admits as such in his book. A lot of the ideas in here are conceptual. His ideas in this book should help build a better team. The one sentence thesis, for me, was making sure that people are in the right seats on the bus.
Maxwell has made an argument: leaders should only stay in their strength zone. Do not go outside of this otherwise potential is limited. Though I can see the logic, I am not convinced (and I think Maxwell actually needed to better support his argument, specifically here). My start deductions comes not from disagreement, but I think Maxwell could have enhanced this book even further if he provided for evidence (other than anecdotal) to support his bold stance-- leaders should only stay within their strength zone(s).
This is a great read and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in leadership.
Please note that my reviews are subjective because they are based on my personal experiences that I bring to all reading. You may find different experiences when you read this book (and that is one of the beauties of reading):
Maxwell is a high level author. He admits as such in his book. A lot of the ideas in here are conceptual. His ideas in this book should help build a better team. The one sentence thesis, for me, was making sure that people are in the right seats on the bus.
Maxwell has made an argument: leaders should only stay in their strength zone. Do not go outside of this otherwise potential is limited. Though I can see the logic, I am not convinced (and I think Maxwell actually needed to better support his argument, specifically here). My start deductions comes not from disagreement, but I think Maxwell could have enhanced this book even further if he provided for evidence (other than anecdotal) to support his bold stance-- leaders should only stay within their strength zone(s).
This is a great read and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in leadership.
October 7, 2022
I appreciate this book. The author shares great insight and valuable nuggets of wisdom when it comes to self-aware leadership and that is exactly the kind of leader I aim to be.
I’m not crazy about the writing style. I feel this wasn’t exactly the kind of book on leadership I was expecting. I wanted something a bit more practical. Perhaps, what I was looking for was more of a “how to” format of writing.
All in all, I’m glad I read it, and will certainly refer back to it throughout my leadership career.
My biggest takeaways:
- Focus on your strengths rather than your weaknesses
- Be a connector not a climber
- Cultivate a good relationship with your team
- You do not need to know everything to be a leader (80/20 rule)…
I’m not crazy about the writing style. I feel this wasn’t exactly the kind of book on leadership I was expecting. I wanted something a bit more practical. Perhaps, what I was looking for was more of a “how to” format of writing.
All in all, I’m glad I read it, and will certainly refer back to it throughout my leadership career.
My biggest takeaways:
- Focus on your strengths rather than your weaknesses
- Be a connector not a climber
- Cultivate a good relationship with your team
- You do not need to know everything to be a leader (80/20 rule)…
September 21, 2022
สิ่งที่ผู้นำที่ดีควรมีที่สรุปได้จากหนังสือเล่มนี้คือ ควรรู้จักตัวเอง ทั้งในด้านจุดแข็งและจุดอ่อน พัฒนาจุดแข็ง ปรับปรุงจุดอ่อน แต่เล่มนี้จะเน้นไปที่พัฒนาจุดแข็งให้ดีกว่าคนอื่น
รับฟัง และเป็นนักเรียนรู้
รู้จักข้อผิดพลาดของตัวเอง โดยเฉพาะจาก feedback ของผู้อื่น และปรับปรุง
ใส่ใจกับรายละเอียดเล็กๆน้อยๆที่จะทำให้ผู้ร่วมงานรู้สึกดี เช่น การขอบคุณ
หนังสือเล่มนี้ยังกล่าวถึงกฏ 80/20 และ 70/20/10 อยู่ด้วย ซึ่งเป็นกฎที่เราพยายามยึดถือเพื่อการบริหารเวลาและการเลือกรับรู้
จากการอ่าน เราพบว่าเราพยายามที่จะผลิต output มากเกินไป จนลืมที่จะเติม input โดยการฟังผู้อื่น เราสามารถที่จะวิจารณ์ input ได้ (ในใจ) แต่เราไม่สามารถเป็นน้ำเต็มแก้วได้
สรุปคือ ส่วนนึงคือต้องรู้จักตัวเองให้มาก เราจึงจะเป็นผู้นำที่ดีได้
รับฟัง และเป็นนักเรียนรู้
รู้จักข้อผิดพลาดของตัวเอง โดยเฉพาะจาก feedback ของผู้อื่น และปรับปรุง
ใส่ใจกับรายละเอียดเล็กๆน้อยๆที่จะทำให้ผู้ร่วมงานรู้สึกดี เช่น การขอบคุณ
หนังสือเล่มนี้ยังกล่าวถึงกฏ 80/20 และ 70/20/10 อยู่ด้วย ซึ่งเป็นกฎที่เราพยายามยึดถือเพื่อการบริหารเวลาและการเลือกรับรู้
จากการอ่าน เราพบว่าเราพยายามที่จะผลิต output มากเกินไป จนลืมที่จะเติม input โดยการฟังผู้อื่น เราสามารถที่จะวิจารณ์ input ได้ (ในใจ) แต่เราไม่สามารถเป็นน้ำเต็มแก้วได้
สรุปคือ ส่วนนึงคือต้องรู้จักตัวเองให้มาก เราจึงจะเป็นผู้นำที่ดีได้
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February 27, 2024
The lessons in this book stems from experience, this is why it easily resonates with the reader.
The author who himself is a renowned leader shares in this book 12 lessons of leadership which have broadly open my eyes.
I am taking away several lessons to apply for my growth as a leader, amongst others are: knowing where I stand and where I want to go, lifting others to become leaders, never stop learning…
One thing that is lacking here though. We all know people with wrong attitude, these attitudes that sabotage all your efforts. How do we handle such people around us.
I highly encourage people to read this book.
The author who himself is a renowned leader shares in this book 12 lessons of leadership which have broadly open my eyes.
I am taking away several lessons to apply for my growth as a leader, amongst others are: knowing where I stand and where I want to go, lifting others to become leaders, never stop learning…
One thing that is lacking here though. We all know people with wrong attitude, these attitudes that sabotage all your efforts. How do we handle such people around us.
I highly encourage people to read this book.
March 8, 2023
This was a great addition to my collection of business books. It gave me valuable insight into leading my team with humility and finding a leadership style that will be effective in our work environment. Different people respond to different types of motivation based on their unique value system. It's up to me to figure out what they are, this book helped me on ways to tap into what makes my team tick.
November 15, 2023
I listened to the audiobook version, so it didn’t take that long to get through. I think this is an amazing book if you’re not as familiar with John Maxwell’s body of work from the past. However, if you’ve read John Maxwell material for years (I’ve read his material since approximately the late 2000s/early 2010s), this book can be kind of redundant in terms of saying some of the same things he’s said in his other books.
February 9, 2024
I really liked the content of this book but I really didnt like the speed the narrator read. It made it hard for me to grasp the jokes, punch lines, and wow moments of the book. He would say something profound and before I could process it he was already saying something else.
I’m sure there was a time he was pushing for or something that made the reading a lot quicker but I didn’t love that.
Again, great content.
I’m sure there was a time he was pushing for or something that made the reading a lot quicker but I didn’t love that.
Again, great content.
January 4, 2023
There were so many insights to highlight and return to as I read chapter by chapter. I was able to use some passages to help me understand the dynamic between me and my own boss. I plan to implement many of the things I learned here with the team I currently lead. I also plan to use it as a type of book club so they can help their crews. It was a helpful book.
March 15, 2023
Uma incrível reflexão sobre ser líder, ficada acima de tudo na importância da autoconsciência e do autoconhecimento. John C Maxwell partilha a sua experiência e acaba por nos acompanhar num processo de mentoring, ficando agora a fazer parte, para mim, dos mentores que nunca me conhecendo me ajudam e melhorar e a desenvolver.
December 21, 2023
Very fine book on how to behave as a leader in a good positive way reflect yourself directly on mistakes, get critisized and be also thankful for that, for every person you can learn from describe the author.
The only thing i disliked is that he author wich is very famous said to say forgive me no rather go im glad u pointed me on that..
The only thing i disliked is that he author wich is very famous said to say forgive me no rather go im glad u pointed me on that..
February 12, 2024
a mirror for leaders
I guess leadership comes easy for me because I’m already putting into practice what this book is about.
This book is pretty much common sense, and since a lot of people lack it, it needed to be written. Just, be self aware. Put people ahead of yourself, and admit when you’re wrong. Highly recommend
I guess leadership comes easy for me because I’m already putting into practice what this book is about.
This book is pretty much common sense, and since a lot of people lack it, it needed to be written. Just, be self aware. Put people ahead of yourself, and admit when you’re wrong. Highly recommend
December 28, 2021
Great and Easy Read
This is my first John C. Maxwell read and I'm not disappointed. I heard him on a podcast and felt just as inspired reading his words as I did hearing him talk. What a leader!
This is my first John C. Maxwell read and I'm not disappointed. I heard him on a podcast and felt just as inspired reading his words as I did hearing him talk. What a leader!
April 14, 2022
Great self development book
This is a great book if you want to become a great leader. The self aware leader takes you through the necessary steps of becoming successful. This is a must read for self development.
This is a great book if you want to become a great leader. The self aware leader takes you through the necessary steps of becoming successful. This is a must read for self development.
October 8, 2022
I enjoy reading Maxwell's books. I find them so easy to read. Chapters are just the right size, and each chapter is a complete leadership principle. This book is packed with such useable information to add to my leadership development.
November 5, 2022
This is the first proper book I read from John Maxwell (the first was one of quotes), and about leadership in general. It has brought up some good points that I have not even considered about being a leader.
A nice reference to open up to a new leadershipperspective!
A nice reference to open up to a new leadershipperspective!
November 10, 2022
Very surface level, and generic advice. No practical strategies and no specific workplace scenarios.
The book felt very self-promotional; with poor examples and distracted, tone-deaf, cheap, and short stories.
There are MANY better books out there. Skip this one.
The book felt very self-promotional; with poor examples and distracted, tone-deaf, cheap, and short stories.
There are MANY better books out there. Skip this one.
December 29, 2022
Easy read. Lots of golden nuggets. Key takeaways-You need those around you to achieve your dreams~How effective are you as a leader? ~How to make better choices as a leader and how to correct your mistakes as a leader. The strength of your team will gauge your leadership ability.
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