The Leader Who Had No Title (With CD) 1st Edition

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The Leader Who Had No Title is a book on leadership skills, by Robin Sharma, the well-known personality development expert. Summary Of The Book What are the qualities that define a leader? Does one need a title to be recognized as a leader? How can everyone develop leadership skills? The Leader Who Had No Title explores these questions and helps the reader gain insights into the basic qualities of a leader, shows them how they can develop these skills in themselves. This book by Robin Sharma is in the form of a story. It is the story of an employee in a bookstore, Blake Davis, who learns leadership skills from five different people. The first is Tommy, who introduces him to the principle of being a leader without a title. Tommy explains to Blake the ten human regrets and the ten human victories that represent an average life and an exceptional life. Tommy then takes Blake to meet a group of people who explain to him the principles of leadership. Blake meets Anna who is a member of the housekeeping staff at a star hotel. He then meets Ty Boyd - a ski champion, Jackson Chan - a highly successful businessman turned gardener, and Jet Brisley - a massage therapist. Each of them gives Blake an acronym representing a set of principles that define their concept of leadership. As Blake learns from each of them, he recognizes the traits that makes a person a leader, He also learns that the first step to becoming a great leader is to lead himself, to change his own views and actions. He learns the importance of innovation and creating value, to stop thinking like a victim and instead start acting like a leader should - to use hard times to build character and to try and stretch his limits. Blake also recognizes the importance of building relationships, and of trying to improve himself first. He learns to examine his own strengths and concentrate on becoming a stronger person. The author also states, through his book The Leader Who Had No Title, that one does not need a title to be a leader. About Robin Sharma Robin Sharma is a renowned leadership consultant and personality development coach. He is a former lawyer who quit his practice to concentrate on teaching personality development and leadership skills to people. Sharma has written many books on personality development. His first book was self-published, and his mother edited it. His second book was The Monk Who sold His Ferrari. This was also initially self-published before being picked up by Harper Collins. Some of his other books include The Greatness Guide, Leadership Wisdom, Family Wisdom, Who Will Cry When You Die?, and The Saint, The Surfer and The CEO. Robin Sharma was born in 1965 in India. He holds two law degrees and was a litigation lawyer before he turned to the field of personality development consultancy. He is the founder and CEO of Sharma Leadership International Inc., a consultancy that has helped a large number of people in many different countries acquire leadership skills. His prestigious client-list includes IBM, Microsoft, FedEx, KPMG, and Nike.