leadership - the importance of reading
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LeadershipThe Importance of Reading
• Even as global literacy rates are
high (84%), people are reading
less and less deeply.
• The National Endowment for the
Arts (PDF) has found that
Reading has declined among
every group of adult Americans.
Leadership – The Importance of ReadingUnpleasant Literacy Rates
• Business people seem to be
reading less, particularly material
unrelated to business.
• But deep, broad reading habits
are often a defining characteristic
of many Greatest Leaders.
Leadership – The Importance of ReadingImportant - Great Leaders & Reading
Leadership – The Importance of ReadingGreat Leaders & Reading
Reading habits can help
people to catalyze:
Insight
Innovation Empathy
Creativity
Many business titans are or
have been avid readers.
Leadership – The Importance of ReadingBusiness Leaders & Reading
Steve Jobs
Great interest
in William Blake
Phil Knight
He always bows when
he enters his library.
Many Business Leaders
believe that deep,
broad reading cultivated
in them the knowledge,
habits, and talents to
improve their organizations.
• The leadership benefits of
reading are wide-ranging.
• Evidence suggests reading
can improve intelligence and
lead to innovation and insight.
Leadership – The Importance of ReadingOverview
• Some studies have shown, for
example, that reading makes you
smarter through a larger
vocabulary and more world
knowledge in addition to the
abstract reasoning skills.
Leadership – The Importance of ReadingSmarter People
• Many business people claim that
reading across fields is good for
creativity.
• And leaders who can sample
insights in other fields, and apply
them to their organizations are more
likely to innovate and prosper.
Leadership – The Importance of ReadingDeveloping Creativity
• Through reading we acquire
knowledge to deal with any
situation.
• And when we are well
prepared, our self-image and
self-confidence increase.
Leadership – The Importance of Reading1st Benefit – It builds your self-image
• Reading offers you life examples
and ideas to help you to
determine how you will respond
to the negative things that may
happen to you during the course
of your business.
Leadership – The Importance of Reading2nd Benefit – It maintains our attitude
• Reading means thinking.
• And thinking means developing
new ideas and perception about
ourselves and other relevant
elements for our life and
business.
Leadership – The Importance of Reading3rd Benefit – It offers exposure to self-counsel
• The best thing about reading is that we
can choose what suit us better
according to the situation or specific
need.
• Reading provides us the opportunity to
learn from past experiences or to think
about new possibilities regarding our life
and business.
Leadership – The Importance of ReadingConclusion
The Leadership Benefits of ReadingOur Business Contacts
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