Laws of Leadership

I recently read John Maxwell's "21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership". The book does a good job of laying out categories of leadership traits and supplying one or two narrative stories as examples for each one. Also, each chapter (which is a leadership law) includes introspective and actionable exercises at the end of each chapter. Some notable "laws" include:

• Law of the Lid - everyone has some degree of natural leadership talent (their lid) - the higher the lid the higher the potential
• Law of Influence - Leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less
• Law of Connection - Connecting with your people is important
• Law of Intuition - Sense of timing is critical
• Law of the Picture - Lead by example - people do what they see
• Law of Momentum - Strike while the iron is hot
• Law of Buy-in - Working lone wolf style does not work

It's definitely worth a good read and use for reference from time to time.