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Looking for a good book(s) on improving my leadership skills in the workplace. I read a book by Bill Parcells called "Finding a Way to Win" a couple of years ago that contained some good leadership principles but I would like to find additional titles on the subject. Any suggestions?
The choice of book might depend on why you want to be a leader. How do you think your life will be better or more fulfulling if you have leadership skills?
This might be a bit out-of-the-box, but when I took a class (years ago) for daycare director, we were assigned Watership Down. It might not be the most gender-sensitive story, but if you can overlook that aspect you can find interesting leadership themes. The rabbits had to collaborate, but they also had to have someone to point them in the right direction in the first place.
The story arc takes the reader, from beginning to end, in different challenging situations where he can ask himself how he would react, what he would do.
The choice of book might depend on why you want to be a leader. How do you think your life will be better or more fulfulling if you have leadership skills?
I've worked as an engineer for 15 years but have been out of work for 13 months. I've been able to boost my salary to six-figures through a willingness to move to different parts of the country when I felt the positions would provide professional and personal growth. However, all of the non-management positions I have applied to since my layoff want experienced engineers but don't want to pay for it, i.e. are offering 30-35% of my previous salary in the same part of the country. So my thinking is I will likely need to obtain a management position if I want to avoid taking a substantial pay reduction. I definitely have the engineering experience to perform as a manager, but don't have the experience of managing and leading people.
Here in NC, graduating Seniors must have completed what is called the SR Project, which I taught as part of the 12th grade English curriculum. As an aside I always had the kids read, and do many of the exercises in, Sean Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. Most seemed to enjoy it, see some benefit to reading it, and it supported the SR project curriculum.
Several of us who taught SR Project, kept class sets, and we'd share so we could use them in all of the SR English classes we taught. Many of the kids bought their own copies. Sean Covey is the son of the author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and he comes across as 'genuine.' The kids could relate to him.
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