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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: BarnaBooks (September 14, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1414326246
ISBN-13: 978-1414326245
Imagine the chance to sit down with 30 of the world’s best-known and best-respected leaders as they share their secrets to success. That’s Master Leaders—the most valuable leadership book of the decade. Based on personal interviews and never-before-published conversations with “the greats” (including Colleen Barrett, Ken Blanchard, Ben Carson, Tony Dungy, Newt Gingrich, Seth Godin, Patrick Lencioni, and many others), Master Leaders offers 16 key distinctives that you need to know in order to be a successful leader. Co-authored by George Barna (Revolution) and Bill Dallas (Lessons from San Quentin), and created in partnership with the Church Communications Network, Master Leaders contains top-of-the-line insider information on leading wisely and well . . . from the people who know.
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Master Leaders is the ultimate leadership conference in a single fascinating volume, with brand-new insights from an elite group of leaders as they dialogue, debate, and even disagree about the most important things every successful leader needs to know.
George Barna and coauthor Bill Dallas invite you to imagine yourself backstage at a conference featuring thirty world-class leaders. As you join them in the greenroom, you’ll be privy to their provocative conversations on subjects including:
* defining what makes someone a leader
* knowing how to identify, communicate, and get commitment to vision
* touchstones for leading effectively: what to look for and how to measure performance
* earning and maintaining people’s trust
* developing character traits that honor God, serve people, and empower self
* establishing and retaining the moral authority to lead
* knowing how power is derived and how to use it appropriately
While fictitious, Barna actually did interview all 30 leaders. He described the list of participants as a “leadership fantasy camp”. There is a lot of wisdom to be taken from this insightful book. With so many perspective voices, spanning several topics there is little room for depth. However, Barna is able to provide a thorough glimpse into all of these different Leaders styles.
“The best leaders see themselves as servants and truly respect other people,” commented Barna, who conducted all the interviews. “These leaders did not perceive a division between ‘us’ and ‘them,’ the indispensable ones and the worker bees…they acknowledged that a leader without a great team gets little, if anything, accomplished.”
“Effective leadership requires the ability to ask the right questions, listen to a range of people and opinions, and then convert what they have heard into strategic action,”
Master Leaders is well written, and flows easily with it’s wealth of information. You will not feel overwhelmed, contrary to what I thought initially. This is one to keep for future reference on how to lead in a moral and responsible way.
About the Author.. 
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Several of his books have received national awards. He also writes a bimonthly research report, The Barna Update, which is accessed by hundreds of thousands of people through his firm’s Web site (www.barna.org). His work is frequently cited as an authoritative source by the media. He has been hailed as “the most quoted person in the Christian church today” and is counted among its most influential leaders. In 2009, George initiated Metaformation, a new organization designed to help people maximize their potential.
He lives with his wife and their three daughters in Southern California. He enjoys spending time with his family, writing, reading novels, playing and listening to guitar, relaxing on the beach, visiting bookstores, and eating pizza.
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