![]() Leadership skills need to be continuously learned, refined, and practiced, and there is a mental component as well as a physical component. Self-development is an important part of being a leader, and reading and reflection are valuable tools in the kit that can help you improve your leadership skills. Some might be more relevant and applicable at the identified leadership level. However, this shouldn’t limit the reader’s choice of books, as all of the books on the list can be useful at all levels of leadership. Each book will be associated with the leadership level that would most benefit from the information and topics in the book. This year we are working to integrate the Wildland Fire Leadership Levels with the reading list. The important part is to read, think about it, and talk about it! You don’t have to agree with the authors, or even like what they have to say. Feel free to use these discussion questions or come up with your own. For each of this year’s titles, we’ve put together a basic “why should I read this” document with some simple questions meant to spark discussion. You don’t need to read all the books on the list, although that’s great if you do. Most professional organizations maintain some sort of reading program, and reading followed by reflection is a valuable tool for leadership development. It’s a tool available for anyone to use as they see fit. There’s no right or wrong way to read or to use this program. Let this be your roadmap to an enjoyable and rewarding reading program. ![]() Many of the books will be hard to put down. The selected titles have been chosen for their intrinsic excitement as well as their content. These readings will provoke reflection, discussion, and debate. This is not busy work this is not drudgery. How many of our young firefighters know what happened at South Canyon? How many have read anything that discusses the principles of sound leadership? How many have read stories from other disciplines or endeavors that describe leaders in action? For several hundred dollars, a fire organization can put together a good library from the titles on this list and implement a reading program on their home unit. Many corporations have required readings for their supervisors and managers. ![]() ![]() It said that about 32% of the customers acquired through its new efforts in 1998 were obtained via the Internet, the costs of which were 960% higher in January 1998 then they are today, according to the company.All branches of the United States military have professional reading programs and a key part of those programs is the recommendation that every leader read at least two books a year. The company blamed its loss for 1998 on its “growth strategy.” During 1998, Audio Book committed about $7.5 million toward new member recruitment and branding via the Internet and direct mail. ![]() Meanwhile, Audio Book reported a net loss of $7 million on gross sales of $22.2 million for the year ended December 31, 1998, compared with a net loss of $4.9 million on net sales of $15.1 million in 1997.įor the quarter, the company had a net loss of $3 million on net sales of $6.1 million, compared with a net loss of $2.4 million on net sales of $4.8 million for the same period last year. Doubleday’s total file has 14 million names. The agreement also covers distributing its member solicitation packages via direct mail to the active and inactive Doubleday lists. The new agreement also includes a joint marketing arrangement that grants Audio Book the exclusive right with respect to audiobooks to insert its acquisition materials into the member mailings of Doubleday Direct’s consumer book clubs and Doubleday Select’s professional book clubs. Terms were not disclosed.Īudio Book said that the Doubleday unit’s member file of over 450,000 names brings its own total member and customer database to about 2 million, making it the largest seller of audiobooks over the Internet and also the biggest audiobook club.Īudio Book bought Columbia House’s audiobook division in December. Audio Book Club Inc., Boca Raton, FL, has entered into an agreement to acquire Audiobooks Direct, a business of Doubleday Direct Inc. ![]()
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