How the Best Leaders Lead: Proven Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Yourself and Others.

• Author: Marshall, Jeffrey
• Position: Brief article - Book review

How the Best Leaders Lead: Proven Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Yourself and Others. By Brian Tracy. Amacom, 248 pages. $24.95.

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If Warrren Bennis is the foremost thinker on business leadership, Brian Tracy isn't far behind. His bio in this book offers a series of staggering numbers: He's written 45 books, addresses more than 250,000 people a year and has worked with more than 1,000 companies in 52 countries. He even has The Brian Tracy University, an online learning academy.

This latest book is straightforward and plays to Tracy's strengths: Clear, direct advice and action plans. There aren't any examples here drawn from company archives; it's essentially Tracy offering his own opinions about what makes a leader--traits like courage, integrity and humility--and strategies for improving leadership skills.

The book includes an extensive leader's questionnaire" with a slew of thoughtful questions, such as; "What business are you in?" How customers...