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5 Inspiring Books to Nurture Leadership Qualities
By siliconindia
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Friday, 26 August 2011, 23:39 IST |
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Bangalore: People have a misconception about leadership qualities being an inborn gift. Your positive attitude, good mannerism, gentle behavior and commanding personality will make you a great leader. However these aspects can be brought out by working on a few skills. If you are a good reader and a listener, these qualities can be easily nurtured.
To be a successful leader, the main weapons are your confidence and will power. All these qualities can be brought by reading the books listed below, and which have inspired many.
1. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (1959
This book is about a person who lived a challenging life. Sir Ernest Shackleton an explorer is the main character who survives against all odds. The story revolves around Shackleton and his 27 member crew together facing the odds in an adventurous voyage. In the year 1914, they start an Antarctic voyage, where they get stuck for over a year in ice floe. Shackleton shows his amazing leadership qualities which helps in the survival of entire crew. His fantastic positivity and influential power helps him tackle the situation single handedly. His skills in encouraging and instigating his crew to face the bitter cold and extreme deficit have been a very important case study in thousands of Business schools.
