Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

by Simon Sinek

368 pages

Published Jan. 7, 2014 by Portfolio.

ISBN:: 978-1-59184-532-4
OCLC Number:: 818731578

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ꞙ𝓲𝕟𝕚𝓉ᶌ reviewed Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek

Fine Book

3 stars

I recall previous Sinek books I've read trying to say something new about organizations and leadership. I think Sinek now finds himself near the top of the heap of trusted opinions, and with this book he is instead trying to leverage that influence to advocate for more common change in organizations.

Have empathy, the charge to the current generation of top leaders... I see little direct evidence presented, but more common sense and argument. These are the things I remember the most, and they result in a request for change instead of a reasoned argument.

The arguments are compelling - but I found them to already fit my worldview, instead of changing that worldview.

Still, fine book.

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3 stars

This book touches on many leadership areas. Each well built up with good arguments and opportunity of learning. I think this book can be read multiple times before everything sinks in. As I recently read a bad book on culture, this book is better on that topic even though its just a subtopic of this book.

Though I did not think this book got me in to a flow of learning, perhaps it was my mode, but that why it was not more than a I liked it.

Allen reviewed Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek

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1 star

I read this book because it was recommended by the new president of my company and because it had really high reviews. It had the same generic leadership advice as every other book written on the topic at least since I was born; don't treat people badly, treat them good. Groundbreaking...

He never explains why we should want to be the type of leader he describes, which is kind of ironic because his other big book was "Start with Why". He walks through examples where companies seized short term profits at the expense of long term sustainability, but in these instances the leaders were incentivized to do exactly that. So why should they consider that a failure?

There's plenty of junk math/misleading statistics in the book. And if he's going to spend so much time talking about brain chemistry, he should have co-written with an actual scientist. Though I doubt …

bedone reviewed Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek

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2 stars

I was assigned to read this at work. Looked at the title and thought, "Well, duh." The point of the book is that leaders need to take care of their teams. If you get that, you don't really need this book, but there are a few good stories and interesting insights.

Eduardo Santiago reviewed Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek

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3 stars

A bit heavy, with Sinek’s earnestness reminding me sometimes of Dave Barry’s [b:Claw Your Way to the Top|126036|Claw Your Way to the Top How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week|Dave Barry|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312045551s/126036.jpg|121387]. Also a wee bit too reductionist in the neuroscience (“If you do X, you will trigger serotonin release in your employees and life will be great”). But bring a few grains of salt with you because despite all that this is great material, well presented for a general audience, and the content might just help you grow into a better person.