Lead or Get Off the Pot! : The Seven Secrets of a Self-Made Leader

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Summary: Pat is the Man!!!!
Review: As always Pat Croce has great insight in to the human mind. I love listening to him and reading his books. I've written the seven secrets down on an index card at work and at home and will read them daily (along with my Bible) to remind myself of how I can truly lead my team at work and my family at home. He is one of our nation's great leaders and motivators. I only wish that I could meet him to get some insight on how to get my planned start-up company off of the ground. Everything this guy touches turns to gold! Who knows, maybe he'll read this and contact me (if you do... [e-mail])! ... man this guy is good!

Rating:
Summary: Pat is the Man!!!!
Review: As always Pat Croce has great insight in to the human mind. I love listening to him and reading his books. I've written the seven secrets down on an index card at work and at home and will read them daily (along with my Bible) to remind myself of how I can truly lead my team at work and my family at home. He is one of our nation's great leaders and motivators. I only wish that I could meet him to get some insight on how to get my planned start-up company off of the ground. Everything this guy touches turns to gold! Who knows, maybe he'll read this and contact me (if you do... [e-mail])! ... man this guy is good!

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Summary: HighlyRecommended!
Review: This book by former Philadelphia 76ers president Pat Croce doesn't break any new theoretical ground about leadership, but Croce makes the heavy lifting required of exceptional leaders look and sound attainable. Good leaders, Croce says, should be servants, not dictators. His fast-paced, motivational primer is an entertaining, anecdote-filled, step-by-step guide for starting and leading change, complete with no-nonsense tips and salty, locker-room exhortations ("If you rest, you rust," "Don't let your thinkin' become stinkin'" and several that are less printable). Particularly compelling are Croce's homespun tales about the boyhood lessons he picked up on the mean streets of north Philadelphia. His local heroes include a Catholic nun who turned a dream into a homeless shelter and his father, "the original Pat Croce," who taught his son how to out-negotiate a hustler for a great deal on a leather coat - but to do it with integrity. Croce dispenses advice in a series of to-do lists peppered throughout the book, including "Twelve Ways to Build a Passionate Team," "Croce's Three Rules for Praise;" the "Six C's of Communication;" the "Ten Commandments of Service" and more. We recommend this book as a lively and colorful read, and a worthwhile reminder that good leaders are made - not born. They are reflected by the teams they create and the values they live by day to day.