The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook: Revised and Updated

I am lucky to have this one as my 1st book regarding leadership. And very Christian based as well. It helps me see the distance between my status quo and person I want to be. I read it at the right time of life as well. Leadership is indeed important for any level in an organization. Thanks for bringing my attention to "invest in people strategically rather than equally".

Book arrived in great condition, especially for the price. Only issue was it was a tad late getting to me by a few days over the expected arrival, but I don’t believe that was the seller’s fault.

My first kindle book. I have the hard copy of an old edition, but loved the book so much I wanted to get the new one to review this timeless leadership book.

We had to read this book for a leadership class. This review is from the short report I had to write:As the name implies, the book is Mr. Maxwell's take on several characteristics that an individual must develop to be a good leader. I wouldn't call it a groundbreaking work because the majority of these 'laws' are well addressed in other works. However, I found there are two commendable qualities to Mr. Maxwell's book: 1) he has done a very good job supporting each of his laws with real world examples of how leaders from all walks of life fulfilled each law and 2) he writes it in a way where he shows that these laws can be beneficial people of all walks of life (e.g, government, church, industry). And I agree with his strategy: good leaders are needed everywhere, not just in the professional realm where leader development seems to be most encouraged.There are a few laws that marry up well that l address below:The Law of Process: to sum up this law, one is not going to become a leader overnight. It is going to take assessing your capabilities, then committing to working a bit each day on improving. This law pairs well with the Law of Sacrifice. Based on the principle of cost of opportunity: to become a better leader, you are going to have to give up time to work on improving yourself. Your are not going to become a good leader without loosing opportunities in other areas of your life.The Law of Addition: Good leaders don't define success in what benefits them personally. They view success on how well they have done in building other people up within their circles of influence. This law pairs well with the Law of Explosive Growth: once you help build leaders, you make sure to inspire them to do the same for others. With every new generation, you achieve exponential results.The Law of Solid Ground: This law regards how important it is to build trust and be an agent of trust, to maintain integrity in what you do and make sure you have character. This law pairs well with the Law of The Picture, which basically is an expression of making sure you 'walk the walk' and ensuring that your actions are consistent with your words.To offer a critique, I believe the book missed the mark in a couple of areas:1) Here we have another book where the author is a little too preoccupied with making sure the number of laws that he has identified total up to some arbitrary number that he feels may have appeal to the readers. In the introduction, he even expresses that he figured out that two laws could be removed due to assumed incorporation into other laws, then conveniently comes up with two additional laws to maintain the total of 21 in a future revision.2) As demonstrated above in the pairing opportunities that I presented, I believe that there is more redundancy in these laws. A few seem to be re-statements or further expressions of other laws.

So if you’re someone who wants to build on your leader ship, this is definitely something to have in your arsenal to share with your group. Love the book I love the brand definitely recommend to have.

This book should be a requirement in High School AND College.

John has done a great job consolidating important skill sets into a manageable 21 bullet point list that is easy to remember and apply. This is not the run of the mill check list that some authors have compiled but rather a deeper consideration of tools each of us should be working to master along our leadership journey. This book is a great starting place and the reader will be interested to know John has a lot more resource material available when they finish this book. I keep the audio book in my car and listen while commuting and have passed this book on to my children so they can be developing these skills as well.

Great book. Lots og useful information. Would recomend to anyone in leadership.

- easy reading- good book for beginner leaders- excelent examples of leadership- Essential reading to develop your leadership.

I'm doing this work book presently and I'm glad.I'm a 'follow my heart' gal and it's helping me see my heart from an external point of view instead of my own.

A definite must for all aspiring leaders

Love this book

Such wisdom