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Buddha Hunters

Secrets of how Irresistible Leaders liberate the human spirit at work

At long last Bruce publishes his thoughts on leadership

I have often said I want to become an old Guru. As I said to someone, "I've already achieved the first bit!"

Anyway, my colleague and friend, well known author David Parmenter has been telling me for ages that the only way to become a Guru is to write a book. So after lots of sweat and long hours I have finally put my thoughts to paper and published my first book on leadership. It is called: "Buddha Hunters - Secrets of How Irresistible Leader Develop the Human Spirit at Work." It is 164 pages of pure genius.

The key message

This is a business book on leadership. It has nothing to do with religion. Its central theme is captured in a wonderful story.

The story

Four hundred years ago a group of Thai monks hid their Golden Buddha from marauding tribes by covering it with clay. Soon afterwards the temple was attacked and everyone was killed. For the next 400 years everyone thought this Buddha was a clay Buddha. Recently, when they tried to move it, the clay broke off and the Golden Buddha inside was revealed.

Irresistible Leaders are Buddha Hunters. They know that everyone has a Golden Buddha inside, however, it's mostly covered with mud that people have flicked at them over the years; often by those they trust most, like parents, teachers and managers. Pathetically, they also flick mud at themselves.

As a result, many people are a tiny fraction of their potential, an unexplored world of possibilities waiting to be released and channelled towards great good.

Irresistible Leaders are Buddha Hunters. They help their people find their Golden Buddhas by breaking off the mud so their brightness can shine through again and liberate the human spirit at work.

Irresistible leaders are like iron to magnets. People are drawn to them without understanding why or how. Irresistible leaders work on themselves constantly to understand themselves, their Genius, their personal branding and their subconscious mind. Without this understanding people will never be BIG enough to be irresistible leaders. This book shows them how.

How to order

It is available in paper back, a steal for $US13.60.

It is also available as a file download for $US6.40.

The major headings include

• SECRETS FOR IRRESISTIBLE LEADERSHIP
• WHY LEADERSHIP MATTERS
  • Leadership influences the 90% to become winners
  • Leadership taps into under-utilised energy
• DEFINITION OF LEADER
• WHAT IRRESISTIBLE LEADERS KNOW
  • Leaders are managers of human energy
    • Untapped energy sources
    • Accessing the subconscious
    • Accessing right brain creativity
    • Accessing the front line
    • Accessing the power of minds joined together
  • Eliminating silos
  • Power not force
  • Leaders grow Body, Head, Heart and Soul
  • Leaders are BIG people who know themselves
  • Leaders know people are different from each other
  • Leaders know people are essentially the same as each other
  • Irresistible leaders find Genius in their people
  • Irresistible leaders fill buckets
  • Leaders value love, truth and beauty
  • Leadership is all in the mind
  • Irresistible leaders are radiators, not refrigerators
  • Irresistible leaders are Go-givers
  • No one is a perfect leader but together we can be
  • Irresistible leaders fix the workplace, not the work
  • Irresistible leaders know that it's for life
• ALIGN LEADERSHIP TO VALUE PROPOSITION
• LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS
  • How to get the best out of your people
  • Defining leadership Competency Profiles
  • The words irresistible leaders use.