Well Done: A
Leading By Example is a book contributed and written by various CEO’s, Executives, and Business Leaders all over the U.SA. Leading By Example is part of a the book series The Lessons Learned that was published by Harvard Business School Press in 2007. All the books showcase voices of the world’s experienced leaders, sharing their occurrences of challenges and hard-won lessons learned .Leading By Example is divided into fourteen stories, all told by several “leaders” who have all learned through their own actions of what being a good leader entails in the business world. I feel this book is well done because each story varies in author and profession, making the reader able to relate on different levels. Each story gives a valuable lesson to be learned and at the end of each story the book offers “Takeaways” which basically are the key concepts of the story and what the reader should take from them.
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For example, one of the chapters, Setting the Right Tone at the Top features Sir Michael Rake, the Chairman of KPMG International. He states, “I think that the basic lesson here is the huge responsibility on any leader to set the right tone at the top, to live the values the company espouses, and to really lead by example.”
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The audience for book I feel is geared to prospective leaders in the business world who wish to pursue a career in management or supervise a company. I personally would recommend the book because it reads easily, it gives great examples of lessons learned in a daily business oriented world, and it gives a great insight on what it takes to be a respectful leader in any field you are in.
Marissa de la Torre
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