The book I chose was Leadership Is an Art, a 136-page self-improvement novel written by Max De Pree the former CEO of Hermann-Miller in 1987. The second edition I purchased on sale for eleven dollars (otherwise valued at twenty-one) was published in New York, New York in 1989 by Double Day. I have always taken leadership roles, whether it is a group project or sports team. I have always liked leading and once I saw this book I was intrigued to see what a chief executive had to say about leadership. Within this novel the author emphasizes multiple times that to be a successful leader there are three things to focus on. These things or ideas include relationships and development of others among other morals that dictate effective leadership.
When taking a closer look at the literature we can see that De Pree follows the three topics explained earlier closely. When speaking of development and its value to leadership he writes “To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in …show more content…
He never seems to come to a point on what is truly needed, rather that he tells the reader how and what ideas could create good leaders. For example, he states “We must trust one another to be accountable for our own assignments.” (pg. 116) While this makes sense he does not fully tell us how we can ensure that our trust may not be broken. I would have appreciated a small example or maybe a couple ways that it would benefit the work place. However, De Pree continues later in the chapter to quote the seven deadly sins written by Mahatma Ghandi. This shows that he is using sources, but in the same light it is not a necessary or a very effective source. He could use a journal or a study where it shows that if relationships are good and trust between departments is good that the company will
When taking a closer look at the literature we can see that De Pree follows the three topics explained earlier closely. When speaking of development and its value to leadership he writes “To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in …show more content…
He never seems to come to a point on what is truly needed, rather that he tells the reader how and what ideas could create good leaders. For example, he states “We must trust one another to be accountable for our own assignments.” (pg. 116) While this makes sense he does not fully tell us how we can ensure that our trust may not be broken. I would have appreciated a small example or maybe a couple ways that it would benefit the work place. However, De Pree continues later in the chapter to quote the seven deadly sins written by Mahatma Ghandi. This shows that he is using sources, but in the same light it is not a necessary or a very effective source. He could use a journal or a study where it shows that if relationships are good and trust between departments is good that the company will