The leadership handbook : 26 critical lessons every leader needs / John C. Maxwell.

Originally published in 2008 under the title: Leadership gold.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-256).

Searching for Gold vii --1 If It's Lonely at the Top, You're Not Doing Something Right 1 --2 The Toughest Person to Lead Is Always Yourself 11 --3 Defining Moments Define Your Leadership 20 --4 When You Get Kicked in the Rear, You Know You're out in Front 32 --5 Never Work a Day in Your Life 41 --6 The Best Leaders Are Listeners 49 --7 Get in the Zone and Stay There 57 --8 A Leader's First Responsibility Is to Define Reality 66 --9 To See How the Leader Is Doing, Look at the People 74 --10 Don't Send Your Ducks to Eagle School 85 --11 Keep Your Mind on the Main Thing 96 --12 Your Biggest Mistake Is Not Asking What Mistake You're Making 105 --13 Don't Manage Your Time-Manage Your Life 114--14 Keep Learning to Keep Leading 124 --15 Leaders Distinguish Themselves During Tough Times 134 --16 People Quit People, Not Companies 143 --17 Experience Is Not the Best Teacher 154 --18 The Secret to a Good Meeting Is the Meeting Before the Meeting 164 --19 Be a Connector, Not Just a Climber 174 --20 The Choices You Make, Make You 184 --21 Influence Should Be Loaned but Never Given 193 --22 For Everything You Gain,You Give Up Something 203 --23 Those Who Start the Journey with You Seldom Finish with You 213 --24 Few Leaders Are Successful Unless a Lot of People WantThem to Be 223 --25 You Only Get Answers to the Questions You Ask 232 --26 People Will Summarize Your Life in One Sentence-Pick It Now 244.

The most effective leaders across a wide variety of spectrums have achieved their success by beginning their journey with a question few bother to ask: How do I lead myself? As New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell says, "A leader never has to recover from a good start." So when a leader takes root by firmly establishing themselves in their field of expertise, preparing for every risk and failure imaginable, the fruit of their endeavors will spread throughout their career and impact profoundly those in whom they invest.In The Leadership Handbook, Maxwell presents 26 insights intended to help build the leader within not only those aspiring to new positions of leadership but also those veterans who aim to improve upon the steps that led them to the front of the line. Readers will enjoy and benefit immensely from Maxwell's highly relatable principles, such as:* The Best Leaders Are Listeners* Keep Your Mind on the Main Thing* Don't Manage Your Time--Manage Your Life* Keep Learning to Keep Leading* People Quit People, Not Companies* And many more!With application exercises and a "Mentoring Moment" to accompany each chapter, The Leadership Handbook presents a road map for a path many may cross but few choose to follow.