Episode 97 (Grow and Lead)

Welcome to this new episode where we talk about (THE LEADERSHIP HANDBOOK) written by John C. Maxwell. The book provides important lessons and concepts for leaders to be effective and successful.

I will start with the first lesson of the book which is (If you are alone at the top, you are making a mistake). The important points under this lesson are the following:

- One of the best ways to train others is to bring them along to observe what you are doing, provide some training, and then let them experience it for themselves.

- If you find yourself completely alone, it means no one is following you. And if no one is following you, you are not truly a leader.

- Lifting people to a new level is a requirement for effective leadership. This is difficult to achieve if you are too far from your followers. 

- Good leaders are like tour guides who know the area because they have been there before and do everything they can to make the journey enjoyable and successful for everyone.

- When you bring people who would not have made it to the top without you, you experience a feeling like no other in the world felt.

- Good leaders who stay connected with their followers go to their level. It is the only way to reach them and pull them up.

- If you are a leader and you feel isolated, you are not doing it right. A leader's isolation is a choice. 

- If your main motivation for leadership is career advancement and professional advancement, you have a risk becoming a position-focused leader who plays king of the hill with colleagues and employees.

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Episode 96 (Grow and Lead)

I am starting from this episode to talk about a new book. The book is called (The Leadership Handbook) written by John C. Maxwell. The objective of the book is to provide 26 leadership lessons that the author learnt during his life.

As we know that leadership is one of the most important subjects worldwide; therefore, countries and organizations pay big attention to this subject. Leadership is a journey, so each leader need to learn many things especially others experiences. This book will provide many important concepts that leaders require to be more effective and successful.

In the introduction, the author mentions the following points:

- Learning to lead effectively was a real challenge, but teaching others to lead effectively was an even greater challenge.

- The wise learn from their mistakes, and the wisest learn from the mistakes of others, but the wisest of all learns from the successes of others.

- There is one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience. 

- Leadership development is a process, and anything you can do to reinforce what you learn will help make it more sustainable.

- Becoming a better leader will bring you many benefits, but it requires a lot of effort.

To read episode 95, please click here.