A review by elysahenegar
Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell

2.0

This is a great book if you're looking for illustrations to use for public speaking--it's full of those, and they make you smile and/or chuckle and/or say, "Hmm." But as a leadership book I found it pretty basic. It's been sitting on our shelves for many years, so maybe it's just that the classic content has been mined by a lot of other authors since it's original publication. Even though Maxwell is a pastor by profession, the content is also mostly about business and lacked spiritual depth for me. It's also twice as long (in pages) as it needs to be, with lots of giant fonts and empty space on the pages. In places it's also a book pretending to be a workbook. Having said all that, if you just want a basic book about how to be a good leader, this might be for you.