I picked up this book after listening to some real good reviews from the people in my work group.
This is a quick read, and can be labelled as leadership, management etc book from the very first page.
The whole narration revolves around Bill Campbell who was a mentor/coach to almost all the large organizations in Silicon Valley.
Well the whole book is filled with superlatives for Bill, and I couldn't find a single thing which is not so good about him. In a larger perspective this sounds like a eulogy to Bill, and unfortunately doesn't throw much light on Bill's leadership style. The book is mostly filled with all the possible big names of Silicon Valley. It sometimes amazes how he was able to reach out to so many people with equal zeal but than you realize that's why a book was written about him. People came forward to talk about him, and how he influence their lives.
The one thing which comes out really strong is that empathy is the strongest leadership skill. But than this is the single strongest trait to have irrespective which line of work you're in.
For a long time it was believed that only a care giver or NGO worker or humanitarian need empathy but now this has become one of the key ingredient to be successful in anything you do.
A quick read but if you're not much into leadership books, better skip it.
This is a quick read, and can be labelled as leadership, management etc book from the very first page.
The whole narration revolves around Bill Campbell who was a mentor/coach to almost all the large organizations in Silicon Valley.
Well the whole book is filled with superlatives for Bill, and I couldn't find a single thing which is not so good about him. In a larger perspective this sounds like a eulogy to Bill, and unfortunately doesn't throw much light on Bill's leadership style. The book is mostly filled with all the possible big names of Silicon Valley. It sometimes amazes how he was able to reach out to so many people with equal zeal but than you realize that's why a book was written about him. People came forward to talk about him, and how he influence their lives.
The one thing which comes out really strong is that empathy is the strongest leadership skill. But than this is the single strongest trait to have irrespective which line of work you're in.
For a long time it was believed that only a care giver or NGO worker or humanitarian need empathy but now this has become one of the key ingredient to be successful in anything you do.
A quick read but if you're not much into leadership books, better skip it.
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