The One Year Mini for Leaders (One Year Minis) [Imitation Leather]

Jim Seybert (Author)

Book Description

Series: One Year Minis | Publication Date: October 1, 2007

One of the biggest issues for leaders is remaining creative, maintaining their competitive edge, so they can inspire and cast visions for the future. The One Year Mini for Leaders helps leaders in business and in ministry maintain their edge and their vision. Jim Seybert, a business consultant, gives leaders a thought for the day that both challenges and inspires. These short thoughts for each day help leaders see their business and work in a different light. Each thought connects market and business intelligence with God's Word.

Product Details

• Imitation Leather: 400 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414311885
• ISBN-13: 978-1414311883
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #659,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jim Seybert has the best job in the world. He is a professional encourager; a private practice consultant who specializes in the unabashed pursuit of excellence in people.

His mission is to make a difference in people's lives by unabashedly encouraging them to do their best work, and to love doing it.

As a certified SimplyStrengths® Trainer and StandOut® Coach, Jim works closely with StrengthsFinder® co-creator Marcus Buckingham and his team at The Marcus Buckingham Company. He writes, trains and coaches about Strengths and about putting ones very own Native Genius to work.

Counter Intelligence, his monthly eColumn is read by individuals on every continent, except Antarctica. An electronic book featuring 21 of his favorite essays from the past ten years was released for Kindle and iBook in December 2011.

His devotional book, The One Year Mini for Leaders was released in 2007 and Leadership Re:Vision,in February 2009. Both are published by Tyndale House.

Jim lives in Arroyo Grande, CA with his wife Rhonda.

Jim Seybert can be reached at [e-mail]

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to keep your heart in Business. This is a must read!!!, June 4, 2009

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Brent M. Kostiw - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The One Year Mini for Leaders (One Year Minis) (Imitation Leather)

Jim does an incredible job bringing the Bible to the forefront of our entire life. He shows just how many ways we can continue to use the identity we have as God's children in our everyday life. No matter if Personal and Professional, this book gives you daily reminders of how to manage our thoughts and actions throughout the day in a way God intended us to. This book is not a onetime read, rather continual reference of how each whole day is a chapter in our spiritual lives. I have often felt we needed to bring our personal walk with God more into professional work. Jim has shown us how to do this in "The One Year Mini for Leaders". This is a must have for all leaders.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bite Sized Pieces of Leadership Wisdom, December 5, 2008

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Bay Area Church Leader (Bay Area, CA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The One Year Mini for Leaders (One Year Minis) (Imitation Leather)

Gaining wisdom on leadership is best taken in bite sized pieces that can be understood and put into practice. Jim's book does just that for the reader. Everyone can benefit from the wisdom throughout this book and the person that takes what is said and finds a way to implement in real life circumstances will be better off.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prioritize Core Values, November 16, 2008

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John W. Pearson "John Pearson Associates" (San Clemente, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The One Year Mini for Leaders (One Year Minis) (Imitation Leather)

This book asks the $64,000 question. "What is most important in your organization? Is quality more important than innovation? Does customer service take precedence over quality? Are profits a higher priority than integrity?"

Author Jim Seybert adds, "It's not enough to have a list of core values. They need to be prioritized so there's no question about which has a higher value when push comes to shove."

This leadership nugget was from the September 30 devotional selection from Seybert's insightful book. It's the perfect gift book for donors, board members and other leaders in your organization. There are 12 themes addressed including Action, Communication, Focus, Future, History, Integrity, Staff, Success, Time, Uniqueness, Vision and Wisdom. Each day (January 1 to December 31) features a verse from the New Living Translation, a leadership insight, and a bottom line comment.

You'll find dozens of street-smart gems like, "What you say in the elevator can become policy by tomorrow morning, so be careful what you say and where you say it."

In the "Meeting Bucket" chapter of my book, Mastering The Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Non-profit, I suggest, like Patrick Lencioni, that you host a weekly staff meeting for your department, team or entire staff. You might try these two questions at your next weekly staff meeting: 1) Who would like to stand up, put their hand on their heart, and recite our organization's core values? 2) In groups of three, prioritize our core values. If "push comes to shove," which core value is the most important?