Not only was it extremely easy to read but, from the first word, it focused on principle-centred leadership – a concept I could really buy into. Stephen Covey’s ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ was very different. Such encouragement to practice selfishness and apparent hypocrisy seemed to be spawned from a ruthless businessman’s insatiable desire for continually increasing profit at any cost. The worst thing about most of the books, however, is that they tried to teach readers to act in certain ways in order to maximise their own personal gain.
Most of them were a little dry and ‘business like’, which made them difficult to read. I bought lots, started reading most of them and quite often gave up half way through. I trawled Amazon looking for books on leadership. I was about to start the NIHR leadership programme, learning how to be a ‘good leader’. Emlyn’s I’m going to tell you about one that changed mine – and I think there’s a good chance it might change yours too. There are some books you read that change your life.
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