The Leadership Challenge

Very practical lessons and advice to excel and grow as a leader. The book can be quite white-male focused but the lessons overall are effective. Would like to see an updated version with testimony from new execs.......more

This was the textbook in a college seminar I took and it changed my life. It was where it really clicked for me that the primary goal of a leader is as a communicator. Pretty essential for a communication major. I now recommend it to my students!......more

I had high hopes, as Im a big fan of Drucker, Senge and other such writers, and am familiar and use Bennis' concept of VUCA a lot... But I found it quite dry and standard, without the original thinking on leadership you get in other theorists.......more

There's a reason why some books are called classics. Timeless, straight-forward advice on effective leadership. Managers should be required to read at least one Bennis book in their career.......more

Some definitely good takeaways, but fairly tedious and the authors kind of ignore the usefulness of language in naming things and defining concepts. Out of the four offered strategies, the two of them are either misnamed or majorly digressed from. The chapter on "Meaning through Communication" talks......more