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    The Million Point Leader: Utilizing the "6 C's" to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be
    The Million Point Leader: Utilizing the "6 C's" to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be
    The Million Point Leader: Utilizing the "6 C's" to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be
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    The Million Point Leader: Utilizing the "6 C's" to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be

    By Terry Johnson

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    Go to any bookstore and browse through the books on leadership and you will find thousands of definitions of a leader. One will say that leaders face adversity with fortitude; another will say that a great leader conducts effective and productive meetings; another will say that leaders have virtue, ambition, or imagination. But you and I have seen people in leadership positions who are incredibly smart, others who manage meetings with great finesse, and others who have mastered important skills, but yet cannot command a following. We have also seen people who have none of those traits and yet have tremendous supporters.

    So what is it that makes a leader a leader? This book will reveal that secret.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 10, 2013
    ISBN9781477298930
    The Million Point Leader: Utilizing the "6 C's" to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be
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    Terry Johnson

    After obtaining an MSc in Industrial Applied Mathematics in 1974, Terry Johnson initially worked as a research assistant at Sheffield Polytechnic. In 1977 he began his railway aerodynamics career as a graduate entrant to the Aerodynamics Team of British Rail Research in Derby. By the time of railway privatisation in 1996, he had risen to be Head of the Team. There followed 12 years working in the railway consultancies of AEA Technology Rail/DeltaRail. He then joined the Railway Safety and Standards Board in 2008 as their Principal Aerodynamics Engineer, and has worked on a wide range of railway aerodynamics research projects and has maintained and developed aerodynamic aspects in GB railway standards. He is a Chartered Mathematician and Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

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      The Million Point Leader - Terry Johnson

      © 2013 Terry Johnson. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 12/31/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-9892-3 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-9893-0 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012923401

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      CONTENTS

      PART 1

      •   My Story

      •   Why Another Book On Leadership?

      •   Designated Vs. Expert Leadership

      •   The 6 Cs Of Leadership Introduced

      PART 2

      •   Calling

      •   Character

      •   Commitment

      •   Compassion

      •   Competence

      •   Courage

      PART 3

      •   Summary Of 6 Cs Of Leadership

      •   How To Use The Mpl Scorecard

      •   Mpl Scorecards

      •   Quoted Leader Biographies

      •   Bibliography

      To my wife, my children, and my grandchildren.

      I hope I was the kind of leader you needed.

      To the mass of humanity born and yet to come who desire to rise above the confines of mediocrity and be the best they can be … to fulfill the measure of their creation.

      All nations seek it constantly, because it is the key to greatness, sometimes to survival … the electric and the elusive quality known as leadership. Where does juvenile delinquency begin? In leaderless families. Where do slums fester? In leaderless cities. Which armies falter, which political parties fail? Poorly led ones. Contrary to the old saying that leaders are born not made, the art of leading can be taught, and it can be mastered.

      —General Mark W. Clark

      Never in the history of the world has there been a more profound need for leaders of principle to step forward.

      —Gordon B. Hinckley

      PART 1

      •   My Story

      •   Why Another Book on Leadership?

      •   Designated vs. Expert Leadership

      •   The 6 Cs of Leadership Introduced

      MY STORY

      For over forty years, I’ve studied how to be a better person. When my friends and family read novels, I would read how to improve myself. Much of my reading focused on how to increase my leadership skills.

      A few years ago, I had a paradigm shift in my thinking concerning leadership. I realized that the books on this subject that I had been reading for decades seemed to be missing the point of what makes a great leader. They were identifying traits and qualities of recognized leaders and then proclaiming that those were what make up leadership. As Max DePree, the CEO of Herman Miller, Inc., writes in his book Leadership Is an Art, Leaders are portrayed, variously, as charismatic personalities, showmen, cheerleaders, con artists, visionaries, autocrats, and circus stunt men. Of course, what works for one person may not work for another. A person with a strong personality like Lee Iacocca of GM fame will employ techniques that are totally ineffective for a person with a soft personality like S. Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A. Yet people with both personality types can be great leaders despite their differences, as evidenced by these two great men. By trying to emulate one or the other, students of leadership often hide or bury the very thing that would make them a great leader: their own inherent values and beliefs.

      At about this same time, I received an epiphany about what makes great leadership. As I pondered and examined this insight, I realized that I was viewing a whole new measure of what comprises leadership. New ideas flowed into my mind, and I soon realized that what was before me would revolutionize how we measure leaders. It was a sobering insight. Eloquent and brilliant men and women much smarter than I had studied the subject of leadership and formed their own theories. Who was I to challenge their accepted conclusions?

      Yet as I tested and retested the formula for true leadership, I found that the principles contained in my thinking, and now in this book, were rock-solid and grounded on time-tested values. Those who develop the greatest 6 Cs of Leadership will be the leaders with the greatest impact.

      Let me give a personal example. I was visiting with my good friend Dave Reed, who owns an insurance agency in Florida. Dave is an active Christian businessman. I asked him one day, Dave, do you think Jesus is a perfect leader?

      He stated that he thought Jesus was, indeed, a perfect leader.

      I then asked him, If Jesus came down and offered to be an active senior partner in your business, would you turn your company over to Him?

      Dave answered immediately in the affirmative.

      I then said, Dave, to the best of my knowledge, Jesus never made an insurance presentation, never calculated a needs analysis, sold a policy, or made a payroll. But I have done all of those things. As you can see, I have more experience and skills in insurance sales than Jesus. Would you turn your business over to me?

      Dave’s answer to me was a resounding no, as fast as he had said yes to Jesus.

      The point here is that skills and experience, as valuable as they are, are not what makes a person a leader. In this example, Jesus, who has no skills or experience in the insurance business, would nonetheless still be a perfect leader, even a Million-Point Leader. Why? Because of the values He embodies.

      And that is what we will explore in this book—not specific leadership techniques, but values and beliefs

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