21 Most Powerful Minutes In A Leader's Day Book Review
The assigned book for this course is The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader's Day, by John C. Maxwell. In this book, Maxwell gives a leadership principle and then supplies a relevant Bible supported example to give life to the principle being introduced. The assignment for this week was to read chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11. This paper will summarize what the author discussed in these chapters.
In chapter 8, “The Law of Intuition,” the eighth leadership principle can be found. Here, Maxwell dialogs about how leaders assess things with a leadership penchant. The prevailing theme of the chapter is that leadership intuition is the aptitude of a leader to evaluate what is going on and act accordingly. He goes on to say, “The best way to describe this bias is an ability to get a handle on intangible factors, understand them, and work with them to accomplish their leadership goals (Maxwell 119).” Because of their keen intuition, leaders are readers of their situations, bibliophiles of trends, students of their resources, motivators of people, and in-tune with their individual strengths and weaknesses (124-126). To further support this principle, Maxwell used the story of Moses and his father-in-law, Jethro, as an example from …show more content…
Maxwell opened again with a great statement. He said, “There are no Lone Ranger leaders. Think about it: If you’re alone, you’re not leading anybody, are you (171)?” The theme here is that a leader’s potential is determined by the people closest to him/her. Maxwell again turns to King David as his subject. David grew his inner circle through the following steps: (1) he started building his circle before he needed it, (2) he attracted people with diverse gifts, (3) he engendered loyalty, (4) he delegated responsibility based on ability (178-179). Leaders who surround themselves with high performers can extend his/her leadership beyond the inner circle to those outside as
In chapter 8, “The Law of Intuition,” the eighth leadership principle can be found. Here, Maxwell dialogs about how leaders assess things with a leadership penchant. The prevailing theme of the chapter is that leadership intuition is the aptitude of a leader to evaluate what is going on and act accordingly. He goes on to say, “The best way to describe this bias is an ability to get a handle on intangible factors, understand them, and work with them to accomplish their leadership goals (Maxwell 119).” Because of their keen intuition, leaders are readers of their situations, bibliophiles of trends, students of their resources, motivators of people, and in-tune with their individual strengths and weaknesses (124-126). To further support this principle, Maxwell used the story of Moses and his father-in-law, Jethro, as an example from …show more content…
Maxwell opened again with a great statement. He said, “There are no Lone Ranger leaders. Think about it: If you’re alone, you’re not leading anybody, are you (171)?” The theme here is that a leader’s potential is determined by the people closest to him/her. Maxwell again turns to King David as his subject. David grew his inner circle through the following steps: (1) he started building his circle before he needed it, (2) he attracted people with diverse gifts, (3) he engendered loyalty, (4) he delegated responsibility based on ability (178-179). Leaders who surround themselves with high performers can extend his/her leadership beyond the inner circle to those outside as