Title:
The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus
Author: Eric Harvey
Intended Luminstruct Audience:
Student/Student Leaders
Book Summary:
This compact book presents leadership concepts in a new and exciting way. With lots of practical advice you can implement starting today, you can start to motivate your team, deal with change, and become a better leader now.
Make your company a cherished favorite using insider advice delivered directly from the North Pole. Find out if your existing strategies are naughty or nice and unwrap easy-to-follow leadership secrets. Build an excellent reputation and motivate your company to achieve big things every year using the invaluable gifts of every team member.
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Luminstruct Review:
The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus was a fun and quirky book. Consisting of chapters such as "Choose Your Reindeer Wisely", "Share the Milk and Cookies" and "Build a Wonderful Workshop", the book does a good job taking valuable topics in leadership and breaking it down in a simple way from the viewpoint of Santa Claus. There were many parts of this book which were creative when delivering the basic fundamental concepts of leadership and would recommend this book as an intro book for a student just starting out as a leader in a club or job position for the first time. With this being said, I believe there are stronger leadership books out there and the Christmas theme was distracting from the main principles of the book from time to time. Although not a bad book, with the combination of the entry-level leadership tips, the shortness of the book, and the quirky theme, we would probably leave this book as a stocking stuffer.
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Ratings:
Goodreads: 3.6/5
Barnes and Noble: N/A
Amazon: 4.4/5
Luminstruct: 3/5
Ratings Average: 3.6/5
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The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus
Author: Eric Harvey
Intended Luminstruct Audience:
Student/Student Leaders
Book Summary:
This compact book presents leadership concepts in a new and exciting way. With lots of practical advice you can implement starting today, you can start to motivate your team, deal with change, and become a better leader now.
Make your company a cherished favorite using insider advice delivered directly from the North Pole. Find out if your existing strategies are naughty or nice and unwrap easy-to-follow leadership secrets. Build an excellent reputation and motivate your company to achieve big things every year using the invaluable gifts of every team member.
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Luminstruct Review:
The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus was a fun and quirky book. Consisting of chapters such as "Choose Your Reindeer Wisely", "Share the Milk and Cookies" and "Build a Wonderful Workshop", the book does a good job taking valuable topics in leadership and breaking it down in a simple way from the viewpoint of Santa Claus. There were many parts of this book which were creative when delivering the basic fundamental concepts of leadership and would recommend this book as an intro book for a student just starting out as a leader in a club or job position for the first time. With this being said, I believe there are stronger leadership books out there and the Christmas theme was distracting from the main principles of the book from time to time. Although not a bad book, with the combination of the entry-level leadership tips, the shortness of the book, and the quirky theme, we would probably leave this book as a stocking stuffer.
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Ratings:
Goodreads: 3.6/5
Barnes and Noble: N/A
Amazon: 4.4/5
Luminstruct: 3/5
Ratings Average: 3.6/5
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Next Month's Book:
Title:
Good to Great
Author: Jim Collins
Intended Luminstruct Audience:
Mid-Level/Senior Staff
Book Summary:
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --Harry C. Edwards
Title:
Good to Great
Author: Jim Collins
Intended Luminstruct Audience:
Mid-Level/Senior Staff
Book Summary:
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --Harry C. Edwards
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