This content was created by Haritosh Srivastav. This content was uploaded by Haritosh Srivastav. This is a YouTube video titled "Book Review (English) - The Leader Who had No Title @sharmaleadership" (created 2020-06-07) consisting of an English book-review/presentation by Haritosh Srivastav. Haritosh summarizes Robin Sharma’s fable The Leader Who Had No Title, outlines the story of Blake Davis and mentor Tommy Flynn, and distills four leadership lessons: you need no title to be a leader; turbulent times build great leaders; deeper relationships strengthen leadership; and self-leadership (be a great person). The excerpt is a presenter-led review (monologue) in which Haritosh invites viewers to like, comment, share, and subscribe; there is a brief opening line labeled SPEAKER A but the piece is primarily Haritosh’s commentary.
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Do you think you need to have a title to become a leader? Hello, my friend. Hello, friends. My name is Haritosh Srivastav, and I am here to present a new series of book reviews. If you like my videos, please click on like button, put your comments, and share it. If you like my— if you like to see more such videos, please subscribe to my channel. Haritosh Srivastav. Now today's book that I'm gonna review is The Leader Who Had No Title. It's written by a leadership expert Robin Sharma, who is a well-known author, speaker, and leadership coach. You must have heard the book, heard his book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. That's a number one bestseller for a long time. Now today's book, The Leader Who Had No Title, is about 200 pages of fable, which is a business fiction book which has leadership lessons for all of us. It revolves around a character called Blake Davis. Blake Davis is an Army veteran who participated in Iraq War and now currently works at a library in New York. He is having lot of pain and is not able to make progress in his life. And that's when he meets Tommy Flynn. Tommy Flynn is a special character. At first, Blake does not believe that Tommy has achieved so much in life. But later he comes to know that he has been a rock star of the company for 25+ years and he continues to starve as a store manager. He's actually refused lot of promotions. So Tommy agrees to be a mentor of Blake. Tommy is also a friend of the late father of Blake. And had promised Blake's father to teach him about leadership lessons. So next day, Tommy asked Blake to come at 5 AM to a cemetery. That's correct, to a cemetery. When Blake arrives, Tommy teaches him the 10 biggest regrets and 10 biggest achievements of a human life. And then he takes him to his 4 mentors. The first mentor is someone called Anna. Anna is a housekeeper, but not an ordinary housekeeper, the best housekeeper of the best hotel in New York. And she teaches the lesson: you need no title to be a leader. She is just an ordinary housekeeper, but she chose to be a leader in her field. So you need no title to be a leader. The next guru, a mentor Tommy takes Blake to, is someone called T.Y. T.Y. is a 5-time world skiing champion who has skied all across the world, all across the geographies. And he teaches the second leadership lesson, which is the turbulent times leads— or turbulent times build great leaders. Friends, if you see, this is one of the turbulent times, and if we work on our leadership skills, we could become great leaders. The third guru The third mentor which Tommy takes Blake to is someone called Jackson Chan. Jackson Chan is an ex-CEO of a multi-billion-dollar technology outfit, but now he chose to be a gardener. He talks about the interpersonal relationship principle, which is the third leadership lesson. That is, the deeper your relationship, the stronger your leadership. You need to have deep relationship with your family, with your colleague, with your friends. And once you have those deep relationship, you become great leaders, stronger leader. The last person, the last mentor that Tommy takes Blake to is someone called Jed Grisky. Chet Biscay is the superstar massage therapist of New York, and he teaches the fourth and final principle, which is the principle of self-leadership. He says, to become a great leader, you need to be a great person. If you are trying to become a good person, a good leader, you first need to become a great person. Then only you can become a great leader. So these were the 4 principles in this book. You need no title to be a leader. Turbulent times build great leaders. The deeper your relationships, the stronger your leadership. To be a great leader, you need to be a great person. I enjoyed this book and I highly recommend if you get a chance, please go through it. It has got so many important lessons of life which we all can learn. And do let me know how did you find it. So that's it for today's book review. I hope you liked it, and if you liked, please click on like, put your comments, and share it. If you, if you like more such videos, please please click on the subscribe button. So until next time, keep learning, keep growing, and keep going out of your comfort zone. Take care, see you in the next book review.
