The Starfish Files

by Alexander Hiam

"One Leader's Account of Insight and Inspiration Under Duress". Insights and understandings on training people to be their best.

124 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2004

Reviews

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

A leadership fable...this was a very quick, but interesting read. Though the premise is silly, the use of the story to quickly demonstrate the leadership/management points works out very well. The "mentor" of the book utilizes a starfish to promote 7 skills that managers and leaders mush have to meet challenges successfully. While none of these are new ideas, the approach and memory aide in the starfish does promote a way to remember the key learning points well. Could be a very useful book to share with a team as a basis for a weekend workshop or other similar team-building activities.

[CR DE · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hated it. Mind numbing babble.