360-Degree Leaders: A Guide to Comprehensive Influence
【Lily's bookshelf】
One of the departments I oversee in the company is called the "Team Development Department". I often have the opportunity to arrange and preside over leadership and management training and communication effectiveness reviews for managers at all levels. To meet the work requirements, you must have extensive access to various leadership and management books and periodicals as well as experts. Not only have I benefited a lot, but I have also become a recommender of good books among my colleagues. I am happy to share the treasures on my bookshelf with readers of this magazine on a regular basis.
▲The 360°Leader
by John Maxwell
Published 2005 by Thomas Nelson
When the word "leader" is mentioned, who do you think of? The CEO of the company? The head of the organization? The most senior deacon in the church? The president of a country? Commander? general? minister?
Or do you think of General MacArthur in World War II? Bill Gates, Microsoft? GE CEO Jack Welch, General Electric? Or, Taiwan's business god Wang Yongqing, Taiji Electric's Zhang Zhongmou, Hon Hai's Terry Gou, Acer's Shi Zhenrong, Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Mainland China's former Prime Minister Zhu Rongji and other Asian political and economic giants?
Actually, you know what? According to research, 99%’s leadership function does not come from top figures, but from the middle level of the organization. What this means is that if you are not the number one person in your company or organization, you can still be the best leader; the difference lies in your thoughts and actions.
The problem lies in the many myths that ordinary people believe but are not true, such as:
·"I'm not the chairman, what else can I do?"
·"I can't lead until I get promoted."
·"If I were at the top, everyone would listen to me."
·"When one day I climb to the highest position, I will accomplish something."
·"If I were at the top, I wouldn't be so restricted."
"I can't reach my potential unless I'm at the top."
"I will never lead unless I get a promotion."
But the problem is, people in the middle do face a lot of pressure. Just like a sandwich cookie, there are big and many challenges at both the top and bottom, with no escape; often a person plays multiple roles and is at a loss; it feels as if he will always be stuck in the middle layer and grow old, not only does he not have a great sense of accomplishment, He even doubts his own value in this organization.
The author of this book suggests that the best solution is to learn to be a 360-degree leader, that is, to learn to be a person who can lead upward, downward, and parallel.
The author, John Maxwell, is known as an American leadership expert. He wrote this book based on his thirty years of experience in leader development. He not only dispels many common myths we often have, but also provides effective principles to teach you -
·How to deal with depression under pressure,
·How to break through the current situation and become a team leader with added value to the organization;
·How to influence and even lead your immediate boss who is "full of shortcomings"?
·How to persuade your peers to work with you to achieve your goals,
·How to lead your subordinates to become the most high-performing team - even if you are not the president of the company.
If you are a middle-level person (99.9% people are all at this level), you have a boss, superior, board of directors, board of directors, senior pastor, supervisor, and directly or indirectly subordinate members, responsibilities, and tasks. , affairs, then this book is a must-read book specially written for you.
Author profile
Lily Yang, the president of this magazine and a senior executive in the corporate world, currently works at Binney & Smith, a subsidiary of Hallmark in the United States, leading the "Team Development and Management Improvement" dual departments.