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General, and good, leadership advice. As with all such books, the examples don't always epitomize the leadership skill being discussed. Without the stories, any such book on leadership would just be a list of aphorisms. I believe the greatest strength of this book are Maxwell's discussion of leadership in terms of trust (Chapter 5), levels of leadership: position, permission, production, development, personhood (Chapter 8), and the need for leaderships to have a succession plan (Chapter 10). Perhaps the most important message is that being a leader involves have positive, ongoing, and productive relationships with other people. Yes, we all know this, but it doesn't hurt to have it verbalized and repeated from time to time. Nothing earth-shattering. Essential knowledge.