The Powell Principles: 24 Lessons from Colin Powell, a Battle-Proven Leader

by Oren Harari

The key to success in any setting lies in knowing how to be an effective leader. The Powell Principles outlines the decision-making habits, success strategies, and leadership philosophies of Secretary of State Colin Powell, and provides fascinating examples of how Powell has used them to overcome numerous obstacles in his climb to the top. Filled with insights that are refreshingly honest, this concise, powerful book reveals how you can dramatically improve your leadership skills and achieve unmatched levels of professional success, while inspiring others to extraordinary performance.

Genres: Leadership, Ebooks, Business, Textbooks

115 pages, Hardcover

First published December 30, 1899

Reviews

[Gregg]

Short and to the point. Each "lesson" is about 2.5 pages long. None of the lessons is a big surprise, but to a degree that's useful because it indicates at least some of the boundaries of successful leadership.

[Paco Nieto]

Excellent!
If you want to take your leadership to the next level this is the book.
Also if you are interested to know all the potential areas where you can develop your leadership then this is a great guide to that.

[Matty]

Good summary but you need the full book for context

Summaries are great but they dont tell the full story. This book does a good job as a reminder but read the full book on the Powell principles first would be mu advise

[Max]

This is ultimately and self-help and self-discovery book. I converted every topic into a set of questions (https://gist.github.com/rimutaka/6657...) you should go through before and after reading the book to see how your views changed.

[Shhhhh Ahhhhh]

DNF. WNF. Getting bored being told about the achievements, attitudes, and philosophies of great men by people other than those great men. It also seems lightweight. 85% is quite enough for me to call it. Would not recommend.

[Mechelle]

Overall an interesting read. There were some great points for anyone who is or aspires to be in a leadership position.

[Abigail Cofer]

Short, easy, to the point read. Finished in one sitting.

[Petr Vařeka]

This book is a summary of the author’s insights from hit other book Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell. If you enjoy quick tips and thought-provoking ideas, you’ll definitely appreciate it.

[Sergey Dudko]

Speed communication through technology

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off

Encourage creative disruption. Encourage those around you to challenge you and the other senior members of your team.

Build trust by demonstrating competence, character, courage, loyalty, confidence.

Be a servant leader: Help people to accomplish the goals

Practice empathy and selflessness

Curiosity is a key leadership ingredient

Hire people who compensate for your own weaknesses. Strong leaders are not afraid to surround themselves with people better than themselves.

Use symbolism (like round tables, no dress code, etc.) to reinforce your availability.

Avoid “one size fits all” solutions

Treat people as partners. Ignore hierarchy

Spend at least 50% of your time on people issues

Spread optimism around the organization

Use humor, especially self-deprecating humor, to puncturing stuffiness and pomposity

Minimize unnecessary stress

As a leader, you need to recognize that people need balance in their lives

Accept responsibility

Lead by example

[Kris Wijoyo]

" Don't let your ego on your position." kata2 yang kasih gw banyak pelajaran.

[John Semchenko]

key understanding...some real solid base hit leadership principles that are in a very easy to read, and understand format.

[Jala]

still reading but ill tell you more

[David Fhu]

It is a small, but a great book in sharing some interesting idea a a leader should have.