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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Audiobook on 3 CDs [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)
by John C. Maxwell
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Claiming leaders are not born, but formed and learned, Maxwell's best known book is a great text on leadership with solid, practical principles. |
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Author: John C. Maxwell
Publisher: Nelson Business
Pub. in: January, 2004
ISBN: 0785261362
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Measurements: 4.9 x 5.6 x 1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BB00050
Other information: Abridged edition; ISBN-13: 978-0785261360
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- Awards & Credential -
The New York Times and Wall Street Jounal Bestseller with more than one million copies sold. |
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is one of those books that ends too soon and makes you want to read more. The hallmark of this publication is the discussion of 21 common sense principles that apply to everyday leadership situations. John Maxwell has a ministerial background and has also started numerous organizations. This book is a reflection of his over 30-years of personal experiences, observation of great leaders and the qualities that set them apart from others. Some business consultants and academics have shied away from this book because of the religious background of Maxwell and the publisher. It is a sad loss because this is a book for everyone and is not a religious work. It is true that Maxwell regularly mentions his personal experience as a Protestant minister. However, except for one biblical reference, Maxwell skillfully mixes in numerous secular resources and examples like McDonalds, Lady Diana, GE/Jack Welch, Henry Ford and many others. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership offers straightforward principles that can apply to virtually everyone from a housewife to a Harvard graduate.
All of these principles or laws have been taught and discussed in previous books and by other authors. Yet, Maxwell innovatively labels each law with some creative terms. For example, the "Law of the Lid" is another way of saying that one needs to constantly grow and expand their leadership qualities to go beyond their present personal limitations. This is true because your present leadership ability determines your level of effectiveness. Another quality that makes this book a delight to read is its energetic and uncomplicated style. However, a stylistic weakness appears in later portions of the book when Maxwell redundantly mentions his ministerial background experiences after they had been mentioned previously in the book. One thing is for sure, 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is a joy to read with a practical message you can appreciate. You will only wish that Maxwell had spent a little more time emphasizing and reinforcing each law!
(From quoting Greg Thomas, USA)
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Executives, managers, entrepreneurs, government and non-profit leaders, professionals, and MBAs. Also highly recommended for those thinking of starting a business, leading initiatives, or wanting to understand organizational dynamics.
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In 1985, John Maxwell founded The INJOY Group, a collection of three distinct companies that employ 200 people and provide resources and services that help people reach their personal and leadership potential. In addition to building a successful organization, John has authored more than thirty books, including the New York Times best sellers The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and Failing Forward.
Called the nation's foremost expert on leadership, John was born in central Ohio five and a half decades ago. He credits his excellent leadership instincts and his early leadership training to his father, Melvin Maxwell, whom he followed into the ministry. For over twenty-five years, John led churches in Indiana, Ohio, and California.
In 1995, John began dedicating himself full-time to writing, speaking, and consulting. Each year he speaks live to more than 350,000 people. Known as a dynamic communicator, he is in high demand on the topic of leadership, and he speaks to many American corporations and entrepreneurial organizations. He also is a popular speaker for churches, non-profits, sports organizations, and television programs. In addition, he dedicates time each year to teaching leadership internationally.
John has earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and has also received five honorary doctorates. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife of over thirty years and enjoys spending time with his two grown children and his grandchildren.
Two of John's favorite books are How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and As a Man Thinketh by James Allen.
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What would happen if a top expert with more than thirty years of leadership experience were willing to distill everything he had learned about leadership into a handful of life-changing principles just for you? It would change your life.
John C. Maxwell has done exactly that in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. He has combined insights learned from his thirty-plus years of leadership successes and mistakes with observations from the worlds of business, politics, sports, religion, and military conflict. The result is a revealing study of leadership delivered as only a communicator like Maxwell can.
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Colleen (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-25 00:00>
I bought this book originally because I have a project to do for a course that I am taking in Communications in college. I often buy "self help books" such as Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey or Anthony Robbins books. I saw that this book was over two hundred pages so I thought, "great I'm sold." As I first started to read the book I learned that the author John C. Maxwell was minister. I don't plan on starting a church anytime soon so I was a bit skeptical. I was however to quick to judge.
Maxwell takes his thirty years of knowledge and boiled it down into an easy to read book for anyone who wishes to better themselves or their organization through better leadership. He outlines 21 laws of leadership using many known political, sports and professional icons. Although he does not give particular examples of how you can use these "laws" in everyday problems unlike The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Anyone with a little imagination can see how putting these laws into action can better any situation. If you are in a entry level position in a corporation such as myself. It clearly defines the difference between being a manager and being a leader. It also made me realize that the organization that I work for is has poor leadership and that is what causes so much turn over and unpleasantness with in the department.
When heading on in my career I now have better answers to give in an interview. One question that a lot of employers seem to ask is, " Are you a leader or a follower." Well if you say you are a leader then upper management may think that you will be unwilling to comply with tasks you feel insufficient. If you say you are a follower then they may feel that you are unable to come to your own conclusions about a problem and bother them with everything. My answer use to be I am a good leader, but I also know when to follow. My new answer will be, "I am a leader looking to further her education as such through mentoring of a higher level leader." I will then ask, "Do you feel that you are a manager or a leader?"
The book also gives you many illustrated stories about how other highly successful leaders came to be. As well as mistakes where people had a chance for great success but failed because of lack of leadership. Overall I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to further their education in becoming a better leader. As well as creating a better life for yourself and those who follow you. |
John Bernat (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-25 00:00>
Clarity and brevity are key virtues, and John Maxwell's The 21 Laws have both.
When this book was first recommended to me, I "read it because I had to" for my job. I felt a lot of snobbery toward it for a variety of reasons:
1. It was written by a minister, whose specialty is improving the quality of other religious ministries.
2. How could anything credible come from a source like that?
3. His speaking style is folksy and I assumed the same would be true of his writing style. It can get annoying.
4. He seems sexist to me, and that always loses my respect.
5. He fits my own stereotype of an obnoxious Civitan know-it-all; a Babbitty lower midwestern bundle of presumptions about the nature of life and leadership.
It was necessary for me to overcome my own prejudices to give his work fair hearing. If you do the same, you'll be glad.
The most revealing thing he has to say about leadership is that it is not just a path to more money. Given the commitments needed to be an effective leader, you have to choose leadership as a vocation. After you hear Dr. Maxwell describe what is required of leaders, it would be totally reasonable to choose another way to make money.
Leaders have to commit seriously to a broad set of disciplines to be effective. Some of his laws hit me so hard, after a career in health care leadership, that I felt I was waking up from a deep sleep. These stuck to my ribs:
1. Leaders cannot be microwaved; they must be "crock-potted."
2. The Law of Connection means so much; the leader walks slowly through the people.
3. Great leaders never give up, but know when to change course.
4. "The Big Mo" produces huge leaps in tanglible progress, but is a function of the foundation the leader painstakingly lays first.
Unfortunately, John's many other works never achieve the same impact that this book does, and he cannot avoid compulsive "cross selling" in this and all his other books. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-25 00:00>
I will tell you that I read some of the reviews here and thought that this book was nothing more than kindergarten drivel. Interesting enough to the contrary, Maxwell makes the complex very simple. There are two chapters that have given me direct understanding of a situation that was a mystery to me before. The concept of an appointment to a position of authority only buying you time to build relationships and influence is one that I will never forget for the rest of my career. His examples may be simple, but the reality is that this book is full of real wisdom on the topic of leadership. Maxwell doesn't take you into the spiral of matrices and concentric circles of influence type of jargon; just real life. Read this book and start on the path to honing your leadership skills.
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Larry Hehn (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-25 00:00>
Socrates advised, "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."
Whether you like him or not, there's no denying that John Maxwell has a handle on leadership principles. This book boils down more than 30 years of Maxwell's life of learned and applied leadership to 21 laws. If you could condense 30 years of a man's life into one book of basic principles that you could learn and apply to your own life, what would it be worth to you?
Although they all combine to form the foundation for leadership, each of the 21 laws stands alone. As you read through each law, take a personal inventory to determine which areas are working for you and which need to be improved.
This book is not particularly good at showing how to apply each law to your own situation, but it does give excellent real-life examples of what happens when these laws are (and aren't) applied. Maxwell likes blowing his own horn to illustrate the laws in some cases, but he also uses many other "big name" examples from the world of business, politics, the military, sports and the church.
Each chapter will enable you to understand a key facet of your leadership ability, assess it for yourself, and begin the next step of filling in the gaps that have held you back from being the leader you could be.
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