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The DNA of Leadership
Book

The DNA of Leadership

Leverage Your Instincts To Communicate, Differentiate, Innovate

Platinum Press, 2006 mais...


Editorial Rating

6

Qualities

  • Eye Opening
  • Background
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Leadership is an elusive trait. It may be a learned skill or a genetic characteristic, but either way, teaching it to someone who is not a born leader is difficult. The way this book approaches that task is part inspirational, part self-assessment and part New-Age. Author Judith E. Glaser’s DNA leadership concept is a clever, albeit gimmicky idea, using certain “genes” to describe leadership traits. Her system, however, has problems. She holds that it is verboten to criticize or state a negative viewpoint about another person, even if it is warranted. This makes this approach difficult to use in a business setting. The book also is repetitive, however Glaser offers useful surveys and self-assessments. getAbstract acknowledges the value of good leadership, and suggests this book to HR people as a backgrounder.

Take-Aways

  • When managers engage in meaningful conversations with employees, they open the door to an entirely new world of opportunity.
  • The long-term health of any business depends on finding new solutions to problems.
  • Seven leadership “genes” or styles determine a firm’s culture.

About the Author

Judith E. Glaser is an executive coach and head of a communication company with extensive corporate clients. She is also the author of Creating WE.


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