The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization

The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization | John C. Maxwell | Great book for anybody in a leadership position

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highly recommended

In his nearly thirty years of teaching leadership, John Maxwell has encountered this question again and again: How do I apply leadership principles if I'm not the boss? It's a valid question that Maxwell answers in The 360 Degree Leader voted best business book of the year by Soundview Executive Book Summary subscribers, and 2006 recipient of their Harold Longman Award. In this award-winning book, Maxwell asserts that you don't have to be the main leader to make significant impact in your organization. Good leaders are not only capable of leading their followers but are also adept at leading their superiors and their peers. Debunking myths and shedding light on the challenges, John Maxwell offers specific principles for Leading Down, Leading Up, and Leading Across. 360-Degree Leaders can lead effectively, regardless of their position in an organization. By applying Maxwell's principles, you will expand your influence and ultimately be a more valuable team member.

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360 Degree Leader Review (Nursing Leadership)

The author of The 360° Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization, John C. Maxwell, is noted authority on leadership. For nearly 30 years he has addressed audiences worldwide on leadership principles and has authored more than 40 books including the 2 million sellers Developing the Leader Within You and The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Dr. Maxwell is founder of EQUIP, a nonprofit organization dedicated to training leaders worldwide and INJOY Stewardship Services among many other organizations devoted to training and developing leaders. This review shall cover only The 360° Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization published in Nashville, TN by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The text was purchased at [...] for $[...] plus shipping and handling of $[...]. It comes with a complementary on-line self assessment survey accessed by using a pre-printed PIN code. The PIN code was printed on the book jacket, but was not found easily. The on-line self assessment survey was user friendly and directs users to personal strengths and weaknesses. The book includes references such as training material for organizations and teams as well as a list of references for in text citations.
In The 360° Leader, Dr. Maxwell challenges his readers to reconsider leadership. He proposes leadership is not a function of position, but rather a consequence of influence. A 360° leader is one who is leading successfully from the middle of the organization- influencing others in every direction: up, down, and across. Despite the expanse of contemporary literature on leadership today, Maxwell has found a way to reframe and re-conceptualized middle leadership . His target audience is all who are not at the very top, nor at the very bottom of any organizational structure (this includes corporate as well as volunteer organizations).
Maxwell begins by challenging several myths commonly held about leadership including the myths of position, destination, influence, inexperience, freedom, potential, and "all or nothing". He introduces a leadership identification tool which he calls "The five levels of leadership". This tool identifies levels of leadership based on the relational dynamics between the leader and those whom they presume to lead. In Section II, the author identifies several challenges facing 360° leaders. The first challenge is the tension challenge in which Maxwell describes the discord between performance expectations or responsibilities and actual authority. Secondly, he describes the frustration challenge of following an ineffective leader. In the multi-hat challenge he describes methods to overcome competing priorities. The ego challenge discusses how to overcome the temptation to undervalue one's own contribution to the organization based on position or recognition (or lack thereof). The fulfillment challenge tackles the question of finding purpose and fulfillment that's not predicated upon one's organizational position but rather one's personal disposition. Finally, he speaks to the challenge of championing a vision that is not one's own and addresses influencing and leading others beyond one's organizational position.
In Section III, Maxwell delves into 9 leadership principles needed to govern oneself in order to lead up. Section highlights are first and foremost leading oneself exceptionally well, lightening your leaders load, and possessing the willingness to do what other will or can not.
In Sections IV and V, the author describes leadership principles for influencing across (that is to say one's peers) and down (one's subordinates). In Section VI, he describes the value of 360° leaders. Finally he closes the book with a word to senior level management about creating an environment which promotes and inspires 360° leaders.
The author's style of writing comes across very logical and succinct in that he first defines the presumed perspective of his target audience wherein he attempts to build trust by communicating a sense of understanding of shared challenges and frustrations. Building on a foundation of mutual understanding, he offers words of wisdom for leading from the middle, framing it in such a way that by the end of the book one would be excited about the challenges and victories won as a 360° leader!
At 308 pages, the language of the text is simple enough that one with minimal formal education may understand it, yet scholarly enough that it does not come across as condescending and remedial. He uses strategically placed humor to make certain points and even encloses surprise lessons on parenting and personal relationships. These lessons go down smoothly when chased with Maxwell's practical wisdom and sound reason. Throughout each lesson, Maxwell inserts great one-liners on leadership. Whether it's his own, or borrowed from a trusted source, each phrase solidifies a lesson on leadership. These on-liners make the text useful for reference, skimming for a quick refresher, or with no more than a glance, regaining much needed perspective.
The author uses a broad range of 360° leaders as exemplars of applied 360° leadership principles. He uses leaders from diversified cultures, occupations and levels of positional authority to make each point. This tactic is useful for offering his readers a point of contact with whom they might identify.
It is also noteworthy that throughout the text, Maxwell lauds his own 360° leaders by name and offers very public praise for a job well done. In this, he models his own leadership principle "Lead Down Principle # 5: Model the Behavior You Want" and the behavior he encourages for senior leaders to "reward leadership initiative"- one of the 12 activities suggested to unleash the leadership potential within an organization.
Overall this book is well executed, relevant, and timely. It is sure to be useful in years to come.

Reviewed by: Ericka Lewis, RN-BC
James Haley VA Hospital
Reviewed: November 27, 2007

Reference
Maxwell, J. C. (2005). The 360° Leader: Developing your influence from anywhere in the organization. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc.

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Great book for anybody in a leadership position

I highly recommend this product to anybody in a leadership role. Especially middle managers. This book touches on so many great points. If you're a middle manager, you will actually grow from reading this book. For someone in my position, it was a great book and refresher on how people respond to leadership...and what type of outlook, and mentality to have when developing your subordinates....great great book.

Starting over

The 360 Degree Leader has some valuable insight into leadership from anywhere in any organization. Let's face it, even on the bottom we aren't alone and leading at the bottom is still leading. Everyone, everywhere has an opportunity to influence and lead others and doing so may all the difference in the lives of those around us.

Have you ever been "downsized" or found yourself starting over in the work world? Having been a leader in both the non profit area and in business, I've found it tough to have to start over. I find the 360 Degree Leader to be valuable in facing the re-start with dignity and purpose.

If you want to increase your value to your organization, and co-workers, take a look through The 360 Degree Leader. Internalizing even one component of Maxwell's leadership strategies will affect great change.

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360 Degree Leader Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization

I've read many books on leadership, but this is definitely the best one for those emerging leaders leading from the middle of organizations. It's insightful and full on great advise as to how to handle almost every situation the middle leader encounters.

The self-assessment and companion workbook are invaluable tools for targeting specific areas which need further development or strengthening existing talents.

You will develop your power to influence people up, across and down in your organization. These techniques are easily adaptable to your personal life as well as your volunteer activities. I would recommend it to everyone who wants to improve and develop their powers of influence.

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A Cassette Tape?!

We did not even expect to find cassette tapes still available. Thanks to brriske they delivered! Out-dated is not always obsolete.

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