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The Nine Natural Laws of Leadership

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There is such a glut of business and management and leadership books out these days, that I was delighted to find something that moves past the fundamentals of Leadership/Followership, providing sensible action plans that are very practical, user-friendly and effective.

I enjoyed this book and have recommended it to many others - especially my top people striving for executive level positions.

Great stories and many good action ideas that I found immediately useful. Blank takes a different approach to understanding leadership: he clearly describes the distinction between "leaders" vs. "managers". He also explains how, through awareness and then use of specific "natural laws" (both individual and universal), anyone can create atunement with "followers" -- which according to Blank, is the basis of successful leadership.

Unfortunately, the only chapter do address the 9 natural laws of leaderhsip is the first one...after that, the author moves into the quantum leadership theory for the remaining part of the book. The book is filled with great information but is is buried deep within complicated, over-technical sentences. The author seems to be out to impress other authors with his use of $10 words than to get a worthwhile set of information to the reader. It is very unfortunate since there is very good info in this book but it is soooo hard to get to it. He should try to write this book over again and let a normal person read it first before publishing it! Don in Denver.

This is an excellent resource for the aspiring, or even the experienced, leader. Each chapter has a series of overview steps, and then there are "Action Ideas" for implementing the ideas. This is very much a how-to book.

The book is available directly from the authors--and an updated version, no less--for about twenty five bucks plus shipping. Check with them at leadershipgroup dot com. Don't pay outrageous prices for an earlier version of this book since it was updated to 2e in 2008.