The Leader's Greatest Return
by John C. Maxwell
How to develop leaders rather than followers: identify them, attract them, understand and motivate them, equip and empower them, and position them to develop others. It is Maxwell's most useful recent book because it is about multiplication rather than inspiration.
Read it if…
you lead managers and want a system for growing the next layer.
Skip it if…
you lead individual contributors; the content assumes you are developing leaders of others.
Three things you will actually use
- Leaders who develop leaders multiply; leaders who develop followers add.
- Identify potential before investing in it.
- Empowerment without equipping is abandonment.
Do this first
List your potential leaders by name and write one development step for each this quarter.
Our verdict
Multiplication, not inspiration.
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