The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do
By Ken Blanchard, Mark Miller and John Maxwell
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The authors get at the heart of what makes a leader successful in this classic business fable. Newly promoted but struggling young executive Debbie Brewster asks her mentor, “What is the secret of great leaders?” His reply—“great leaders serve”—flummoxes her, but over time he reveals the five fundamental ways that leaders succeed through service. Along the way, Debbie learns:
• Why great leaders seem preoccupied with the future
• How people on the team ultimately determine your success or failure
• What three arenas require continuous improvement
• Why true success in leadership has two essential components
• How to knowingly strengthen—or unwittingly destroy—leadership credibility
This new edition includes a leadership self-assessment so readers can measure to what extent they lead by serving and where they can improve. The authors have also added answers to the most frequently asked questions about how to apply the SERVE model in the real world. As practical as it is uplifting, The Secret shares Blanchard and Miller's wisdom about leadership in a form that anyone can easily understand and implement.
Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard is the coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and fifty other books, including the New York Times business bestsellers Gung Ho! and Raving Fans. His books have combined sales of more than eighteen million copies in more than twenty-seven languages. He is the chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a full-service global management training and development company that he and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded in 1979.
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Reviews for The Secret
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Really nice, short book on leadership told in the form of a parable.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very inspiring read! A good advise on what SERVE stands for and how to ensure that we follow each of them in order to be a good serving leader and not a self-serving leader.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good book. Teaches about the serve model. Had to read it for work.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ken is a master at making complicated subjects simple. In this book, he deals with Servant Leadership, an idea that seems to be picking up steam after the Enrons, Lehman's, and the financial industry fiasco.Parables are a powerful way to convey a message.