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Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Lessons You Can’t Afford to Miss (平装)
by David Cottrell
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Leadership, Leadership skills, Mentoring, Coaching |
| Market price: ¥ 210.00
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¥ 168.00
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MSL rating:
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| MSL Pointer Review:
An extraordinary little book packed with good leadership advice. Highly recommended for all managers. Also a gift with tremendous value. |
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Brian Tracy (Author of Maximum Achievement) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
A wonderful journey with a mentor. It will help you achieve the success and happiness you desire. It's great! |
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Dan Amos (CEO, AFLAC) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
As insightful as it is concise. Its 'to the point' style provides a clear roadmap for becoming a better manager.
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Charlie "Tremendous" Jones (Author, Life is Tremendous) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
Never has a book been so needed; never has there been a book to fill the need like Monday Morning Leadership. |
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Michael W. Grochowski (Regional Commissioner, Social Security Administration), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
Another inspiring work by David Cottrell. He brings home vividly what true leaders do for themselves and for others. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
Excellent, short, concise review of leadership qualities and necessities for today's business environment. An excellent, quick read for managers/leaders at all levels in an organization. We passed this around the company, and everyone raved, regardless of 1 or 25 years of experience. Many team members read and saw how they did things well, and identified things they could work on in their business life, and personal life. What more can you ask from a business book? Well written, professional, short and sweet, a great read! |
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Missy (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
My job offers several different classes employees can utilize to advance in their career or to gain knowledge. I registered for a Leadership class which is two half days on November 8th and 9th. A couple of days after registering for the class I received in inter-office a book titled Monday Morning Leadership, a yellow highlighter and page markers.
A prerequisite for the class is to read the book, I read this book in 2 evenings. If I could have taken the day off I would have finished it in one sitting. The writing style and approach keeps the reader entrenched in the story and in Jeff's experiences with Tony.
Jeff was in a slump he desperately needed direction. He contacts an old friend of his father named Tony Pearce. Tony, being a successful business leader, offers to help on two conditions. The first condition is that Jeff agree to meet with Tony every Monday morning for eight weeks of mentoring. The second condition is that Jeff must promise to teach others the experiences and lessons Tony teaches him. Thankfully for us the second condition was fulfilled by this book.
The author teaches the reader not only how to be a better leader, but what to expect from leaders and how to examine yourself in whatever role you play at work. Monday Morning Leadership shows the reader how to make it beyond the interruptions, roadblocks and congestions at work. Riding alongside the story you can also feel the spiritual side of Mr. Cottrell. Let this book be one of the non-Fiction books you read.
The underlined message of Monday Morning Leadership goes back to an old saying EORO = Each One Reach One.
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David Cofer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
While it is possible to read this little book in a very short time, perhaps even one sitting, the lessons to be gained from the book may take a lifetime to master.
The author hits the nail on the head with his mentoring sessions for the struggling manager. The author teaches the manager what it takes to be successful, and how to remain successful.
Covered in this book are lessons on hiring the right people, coaching and mentoring them to success, and taking personal responsibility for our actions, an attitude many employees seemed to have abandoned many years ago.
The book should be read quickly the first time to get an overall perspective on what the author has to say, then read in greater depth a second time around to really absorb those lessons.
This is a book one will not want to put up on the libray shelf and forget. It should be read again periodically to refresh oneself on the lessons it contains.
The price of the book is very small, especially compared to the benefits the book contains. While an MBA degree may contain more information and management "theory," this book teaches managers all they need to know to be successful in the workplace.
We need more books like this, short on theory and long on practical advice.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
The best business books are brief, clear and pertinent. Monday Morning Leadership fits all of those requirements.
You can read the whole book in a few minutes... and think about and apply what you learned for a lifetime.
The format is around a man who's struggling as a manager. His operation isn't performing well. His boss isn't happy. He's not happy. He doesn't have time to be with his family or to do what he likes to do. It looks like his career has peaked... and his job may be in jeopardy. What to do?
If that sounds familiar, almost everyone has had that experience who has taken on a management role.
Jeff decides to do something about it. He contacts an old family friend, Tony Pierce, who has had a very successful business career. Tony has agreed to meet with Jeff for eight weeks on Monday mornings.
In their eight sessions, Jeff learns the following lessons:
1. He has to accept total responsibility for results without excuses and to think like a leader rather than a manager or follower.
2. Be sure everyone knows what the main thing is that they have to accomplish and keep their faith in you as a leader.
3. Get closer to your people and help your top performers improve.
4. Act with integrity and prepare for how to handle problems before they occur.
5. Improve the team you have by only hiring high performers.
6. Manage your time carefully by looking for ways to save minutes wherever you can and by being more effective at whatever you do.
7. Encourage, recognize and respect your people.
8. Advance your learning by reading, being open to trying new things, listening, helping others, setting goals and always being professional and positive.
Those points make it sound like you don't need to read the book. You already knew most of those things, didn't you? But the story will embed the learning into your mind in powerful ways. Don't miss it!
I was especially impressed by Mr. Cottrell's ability to turn a phrase. The book abounds with aphorisms that you will find yourself remembering and possibly quoting as you coach your replacements. Many of the best ways are repeated on pages 97-101. Here's one of my favorites: "People quit people before they quit companies." Key principles are also summarized on pages 102-103.
This book would also make a great gift to some you know who is just starting out as a manager. The gift will be even more meaningful if you offer to coach that person as well. Make a difference!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
I was given this book to read from our company president. Boy, am I glad he did. I've read many Leadership/Management books in years past, and often they repeat themselves with best practices like, "People are your greatest assets" or "Communication is most important". While Monday Morning Leadership is not immune to dipping into these best practices, the book takes it a step further by telling a story of a mentor and mentee, and how implementing best practices had an impact on his organization. 8 lessons are provided and what stuck out for me was the key tips for managing Meeting time more effectively along with the root cause analysis of what really are important factors for departments/ companies/employees. The book is a lunch-time read (95 pgs.) so it makes it easy for each lesson to digest throughout the days ahead. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
This book was sent to me, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much the content was both relevant and outlined the skills in small digestible portions. In the fast paced world of business, common sense sometimes gets pushed to the back burner. This book brings it right back to the front. I was amazed to find how much the issues covered are basically universal issues and concerns to any type of organization. The concepts were presented in such a manner that reader knows how to implement them easily and quickly.
This book clearly exceeds the mark. It is an easy read, and makes an immediate impact.
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