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\"LearningLearning Journeys: Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders<\/a>\"\"
\nby Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly L. Kaye,\u00a0and Ken Shelton<\/p>\n

Here’s another masterpiece that belongs in your library and should be shared with everyone in your organization. This book brings together a “who’s who” of today’s most successful leadership experts and consultants, who share personal lessons\u2014many learned the hard way\u2014about what it takes to attain success. These intimate stories\u2014about childhood experiences, school life, friendship and marriage, sports, and, of course, careers and business\u2014reveal a compelling truth about what enables individuals to stand out as great mentors and leaders: They seize opportunities to learn wherever they find them.<\/p>\n

Each essay includes questions for reflection to help readers apply the lessons learned to their own lives and careers. You’ll learn a great deal from such notable world-class thought leaders as: Joel Barker, Wally Amos, Elizabeth Pinchot, Warren Bennis, Peter Block, Stephen Covey, Nancy Adler, Charles Garfield, Beverly Kaye, Spencer Johnson, Lou Tice, and many others.<\/p>\n

(This book review was originally published in\u00a02001 as one of the Top 10 Books – Edition 6.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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