The Mentor Leader
by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
Leadership as mentoring: engage, educate, equip, encourage, empower, energise, elevate. Dungy's faith-based, character-first approach from the Colts.
Read it if…
you want a mentoring model of leadership with a character emphasis.
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Skip it if…
you prefer secular framing; faith is explicit.
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Three things you will actually use
- Mentor leadership builds people, not just results.
- Engage, educate, equip, encourage, empower, energise, elevate.
- Character is the foundation.
Do this first
Pick one person to mentor deliberately this quarter.
Our verdict
Leadership as mentoring.
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