Book Review - The Leader who had no title - Robin Sharma

I was out to buy books on GST when on the front rack the book "The Leader who had no Title" by Robin Sharma was placed.  Was fascinated by the title and picked it up for reading.  It was a good read considering the fact that I finished the book in around 6 hours time within a span of 3 days.  This book is a fable and delivers a sermon on leadership in which it tries to motivate people to adopt some key concepts to reach greater heights.

I liked the simplicity of the message though all thoughts are not new as is evident from the multiple quotes which is referred in the book when explaining certain concepts for adoption.  Key concept in this book is "Leadership is for everyone to adopt and follow, everyone in an organisation is a leader irrespective of the task they do or position they occupy"  I like this concept and recommend to every one to follow which is key to individual as well as organisational development a "win-win" situation.

The book gets into personal development, crises management (handling turbulent times), team management, ethics &  ofcourse leadership.  Some of the key concepts which I liked from the book are as below

1. CEO of our own roles and leaders within our current positions
2. What other people think of you is none of your business; leadership is about having unshakeable faith in your vision and unrelenting confidence in you power to make positive change happen. 
3. Daily ripples of superior performance add up over time to a tidal wave of outrageous success
4. Expect more from yourself than anyone around you could ever expect from you
5. The first step is always the hardest
6. Within a few strokes on a keyboard, consumers can tell the world about who you are, what you’ve done, and all you stand for.  Given this reality, maintain a pristine name and guard your personal brand by being impeccably ethical
7. Victims cry “why me” leaders say “It’s up to me”

Most of the concepts / thoughts provided in this book are not new and many times we can relate it to our workplace and which is happening on a daily basis in our work.  The good thing is that it reiterates our belief and gives us a confidence that what we do in our day to day work is indeed what needs to be done.  Finally, a good read to have motivation and reiterate our style of working