Great Leaders Grow

Becoming a Leader for Life

By: Ken Blanchard, Mark Miller

Narrated by: Chris Patton

What is the secret to lasting as a leader? In the words of Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller, "Our capacity to grow determines our capacity to lead.” Leadership must be a living process, and life means growth.

In Great Leaders Grow, a woman named Debbie Brewster becomes a mentor to a young man named Blake, as he embarks on his own career. Together, they explore four ways that leaders must keep growing, both on the job and off. Within their story are valuable lessons for anyone who desires both professional success and personal fulfillment.

©2012 Original material © 2012 Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller. Recorded by arrangement with Berrett-Koehler Publishers. (P)2012 (p) 2012 HighBridge Company

Great Leaders Grow

One of the top 10 books I've read or listened to on Leadership. I'm a retired military senior leader with over 32 years of in leadership. The book was in a story format, simple, and relatable.

A wonderful story Inspiring teaching book

This book was written like a story with a lot the teaching. Very easy to listen and learn. Thank you. I feel like I grow as I listen to this book.

Great Stuff

I enjoyed the story and content was extremely helpful leading to lots of reflection on myself and organizing growth in our company.

Concise & to the point

Great story - easy to understand, concise and to the point. i really enjoyed it - thanks

Thank you

Definitely added to my growth at this time in life. G R O W grow

encouraging

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

This book has many parts to it, with different speakers. It is not a book to listen to all in one sitting. I found that I needed time to absorb what each speaker discussed.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed this book, I felt each speaker had so much to present that can be used in my life, at work or daily living. I am glad that I purchased this.

Great leadership book.

I listen to this book twice to finally get it. Not because it was difficult but because the 1st time I just went through the motion and barely remembered the key points. The 2nd time I was more committed to learn and grow. So I took notes, stopped the audio and replayed it to take notes. As I did that it helped me internalize the advices and self evaluate to see where I was as a leader and what I needed to work on to grow. Great book and it wasn't too lenghty.

Leadership foundation

They use a great story to give a fresh perspective on some basic leadership principles. The story is well told and regardless of your level in a organization can be applied to your life.

Great Mentor

Would you consider the audio edition of Great Leaders Grow to be better than the print version?

yes I have a long commute. I have heard this 3 times now. I doubt I would reread it three times.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Great Leaders Grow?

The mentor Debbie shows great compassion and wisdom in how she walks him through learning leadership.

What does Chris Patton bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I don't know how he does all those voices but I really enjoyed the way he read this.
It is making a difference for me at work.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

both

Good story but not for a single performer.

The story itself was very inspirational but it sounded awkward with only one male reader.