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One of the great values of Seven Disciplines of a Leader is its reliance on a comprehensive and integrated set of guiding principles that are easy to understand and apply at all levels of the organization. Jeff Wolf, recognized as one of the country's top thought leaders in leadership development, managerial effectiveness, and organization productivity, has helped hundreds of leaders dramatically improve their performance using the same techniques contained in the book. Seven Disciplines of a Leader delivers four major benefits for a leader: Build and sharpen your core leadership skills Enhance your market position and reputation by attracting and retaining the best talent, leading to healthy revenue growth Improve your decision making, interpersonal relations, and teamwork Assist you in becoming a highly effective and dynamic leader, leading to increased employee engagement, enhanced customer service, and a strong bottom line Consider this book a working manual organized into three sections: an overview of effective leadership, the Seven Disciplines of highly effective leaders, and eleven practices that sustain the Seven Disciplines. Takeaways at the end of each chapter allows for the opportunity to evaluate personal leadership styles through exercises driving home one or more of the chapter's main points sharpening these skills in a practical way. These takeaways help to apply the very same methodology to an entire range of issues at work. Its like having your own personal executive coach! By the time you finish Seven Disciplines of a Leader you will have improved your leadership skills many times over and be prepared to sustain them over time