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From:Ken Blanchard , Mark Miller , Berrett-Koehler Publishers ,
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5 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 Enjoyable Story Filled With Solid Leadership Lessons, 2005-05-20
In "The Secret" Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller provide readers with a simplistic and enjoyable story that explains valuable lessons in leadership. This is not a gripping novel nor is it an in-depth explanation of leadership theory and practices. It is a palatable, memorable, and practical explanation of a serving model of leadership.
SERVE is an acronym for Seeing the future, Engaging and developing others, Reinventing continuously, Valuing results and relationships, and Embodying the values. Through the life of the books characters you'll see these principles lived out. Blanchard's found an ingenious formula for sharing keys to effective leadership, management and life. It is a great method of getting the non-technical person to read a business book. "The Secret" is another quality offering by Ken Blanchard.
7 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
Some powerful leadership wisdom in a small package, 2005-03-11
"The Secret" is a message about leadership woven into a story of a leader struggling with her team's performance. When she applies for the Company mentor program, she is paired with the Company President, who imparts some simple, but powerful wisdom about what great leaders do.
There are hundreds of good books on leadership, but some of the best are those which take advantage of application opportunity and relay the concepts within a storyline that demonstrates how they are applied. This book does a credible job of that, although the story is at times a bit contrived.
The essential message is the SERVE model of leadership. The model is simple, yet effective. Buy the book and find out what the "secret" of great leadership is. I recommend this book for anyone who leads people or coaches those who do.
5 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
Great, user friendly book on leadership, 2004-08-25
This is a simple, easy to use book on learning to be a leader. Although a little simplistic in it's storyline, the SERVE model is easy to understand and put into practice. I have met Mark Miller and can say he practices what he writes about in the book. And if you look at the success of Chik-fil-A®, you would want to know their secret!
6 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 A book of uncommon wisdom, 2004-06-08
I must admit that I don't usually purchase or enjoy very many "leadership" books, but this one is truly different. This book is written in a quick-read style and is very easy to understand. The principles are easy to remember and hard to apply, but have had a transformational impact on my life. I believe readers will find that if they have the guts and discipline to consistently think about ways to apply these principles, they will see a major shift in how people respond to them in their family life, business life, or church life. I have already shared my copy of the book with others, and they have each pointed out specific aspects of the book that they say completely changed their way of looking at the world.I think this book makes great gifts for people you work with or family members. Don't be surprised if some folks don't "get it"...it's the people that do "get it" that are going to find amazing ways to apply these principles and impact the lives of others!
5 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Leadership, 2004-06-01
I recommend this book to anyone in a leadership position. I found the book to be an easy read, yet strong in content. I look forward to implementing the "SERVE" model at work and in everyday life. Thank you Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Miller for your insight into leadership.
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