The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age @ richardeward.com

The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age
by John Heider
from Humanics Publishing Group

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Aha moment
  This book gave me an aha moment.
  The world is full of interesting things to try and do. So what?
  Put an end to all striving. Why not?

• Excellent book for a certain leadership
  First, if you're looking for a straight translation of the Tao te Ching, this isn't it. If, however, you want a book that roughly translates one of the world's great texts into modern leadership language, this book is great.
  Broken into simple chapters to match the Ching, it easily conveys very profound ideas for group facilitation and leadership. Like the Tao te Ching, it's emphasis is on the yin or gentler aspects of leadership. It's good to balance this with a more yang book (Good to Great,... more info

• Excellent for Supervisors & Managers & Anyone Leading Projects or Groups
  I taught management development seminars and provided private coaching to hundreds of managers at all levels of organizations for 22+ years from front line supervisors to state government department heads, and this was a book I highly recommended for everyone... considered one of the bibles of group dynamics. I highly recommend it for anyone in any area of life, whether leading a family or a multi-billion dollar business. It's very easy reading and gives all the basics of the group dynamics involved in... more info

• Life Changing
  This is perhaps one of the best 5 books I've ever read. Unlike typical leadership books, this one reads like a poem on each page. A short poem, rich with meaning that resonates as true.
  An example - the leader's job is not to direct, but to be as quiet as a guest. What? We are all taught that the leader is a cigar-chomping, machine-gun totin', square jaw, take-no-prisoners type. Right? The Toa of Leadership invites you to adopt a different leadership style, focused first on finding balance within... more info

Similar Products: