- A. Smith Blog - Leadership in Life
One in four Americans surveyed in a new poll said that they didn’t read one book within the last 12 months. In contrast, statistics show that top CEOs read four to five books per month. Many CEOs even attribute their success to reading.
That being said, here are seven known benefits of reading: [Read more…] about 7 Reasons Why You Need to Read More Books
Reading is fundamental. Regular reading should not end with high school. I recently took a course where I had to investigate early pioneers within the scope of organizational development. Of all that I came across, the study of Henry Fayol was most insightful. Oftentimes, research about theories can leave out the theorist with focus on the application and implication of their work. Nevertheless, Fayol was a trendsetter in the area of principle leadership. He was a founding father who gave meaning to “scientific management” (Bolman, p. 45, 2013). Because of him, many like Maxwell, Partridge, and Collins have written books about the quality of the work in balance with the quantity of work.
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