Learning leadership is so important since it is one of the most important factors for success or failure in organizations or countries. One of the main sources for knowledge in this field is reading books and I personally consider John Maxwell leadership books very useful. One of these books is (Developing the Leader Within You 2.0).
This is the last episode for this book which is about the section titled with (The Foundation of Leadership: Character). Leader's character or personality has a lot of effect on the leader himself and other.
The author states that although having good character won't ensure success in life or leadership, a weak character will affect the leader a lot on personal and career levels.
There are three main reasons for having good character as the author states:
- Good character will build strong trust.
- Successful leaders embrace the character four dimensions: Originality, Self-management, Humility and Braveness.
- Character will make your inside better than outside.
How do you develop your character? The author suggests three main things to achieve that:
- Embrace good values.
- Practice self-leadership.
- Appreciating others.
Having a good character is essential for leaders since it has lot of benefits and in order to achieve that, the leader needs lot of efforts, practice and knowledge.
I encourage leaders or whoever wants to learn leadership to read this book several times since it contains lot of benefits. These summaries will provide guidelines and open one's mind towards some leadership concepts, but the real benefit will come reading the whole book.
To read episode 24, please click here.
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