Monday, April 27, 2009

A Bit of Self-Leadership Advice

Close to 15 years ago, a now university president, shared this bit of self-leadership advice:  Once a week he would go to his local bookseller to glance at the newest leadership book titles.  This is a practice that I have owned in recent years and has proved to be invaluable in my self-leading efforts. 

So every Monday I check out our local Barnes and Noble and take about 15 minutes to glance and titles.  Some times I jot down 1 or 2 titles sometimes more that may become future reads.  Here are the book titles I took note of today.
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Apr 27, 2009 1:59:13 PM | Books, Leadership

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