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The One Year Mini for Leaders (One Year Minis)

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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.

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.

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?

Encouraging reminders that are Biblically based. Jim's insight is refreshing for anyone who is a leader. I'm ready for more writings from Jim.

The time I have to invest in reading is very limited given the fact that I am the father of young children. Jim's book fits perfectly into my busy schedule and his bite size nuggets of wisdom enrich my personal as well as professional life. I highly recommend this as a gift you can give to yourself or any leader in your life in need of a daily relevant reboot. Get ready to think differently while aligning with what's important to God.

Jim Sybert presents innovative and practical ideas to to bring to an organization. Each idea is presented with a scriptural reference from the Christian Bible. A must for believers in management and those who hope to be. I found it very useful and thought provoking.

My husband received this book from our church leaders. He started reading this book and it made such a change in him. I could see how much he was growing as a leader/husband. His confidence was growing and his outlook on everything from work, home, and church was starting to click. This is a good book for someone who is looking to improve/change their way of thinking and give themselves a new perspective towards leadership.

I find Jim's ability to 'cut to the chase' style refreshing and challenging. Each reading addresses a theme that challenges my thinking about that topic in such a way that expands the applications beyond the work place.
I enthusiastically recommend the 'Mini' as an anchor resource in the daily challenges of life.
Ed

The mini-leader daily devotional is off the charts for being relevant to leaders concerns relating to Action, Communication, Focus, Future, History, Integrity, Staff, Success, Time, Uniqueness, Vision and Wisdom. The daily bible reference and succinct thoughts on the subject are an inspiration.

I use this book on a regular basis to encourage and motivate both paid staff managers and our large crew of volunteers.