Leaders Eat Last
Leaders Eat Last takes us to the next level of understanding why some organizations do better than others by detailing all elements of the leadership challenge. In this book, international bestselling author and visionary thinker Simon Sinek explains where we’ve gone wrong and puts out an urgent call for real leaders to step forth to make a positive difference. According to Simon, the best ones foster trust and cooperation because their leaders build what he calls a “Circle of Safety,” which separates the security inside the team from the challenges outside. He illustrates his ideas with fascinating true stories that range from the military to big business, from government to investment banking. Leaders Eat Last also offers an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek’s viral video “Millennials in the Workplace,” which had 150+ million views.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Part I. Our Need to Feel Safe
1. Protection from Above
2. Employees Are People Too
3. Belonging
4. Yeah, but...
Part II. Powerful Forces
6. E.D.S.O.
7. The Big C
8. Why We Have Leaders
Part III. Reality
9. The Courage to Do the Right Thing
10. Snowmobile in the Desert
Part IV. How We Got Here
11. The Boom Before the Bust
12. The Boomers All Grown Up
Part V. The Abstract Challenge
13. Abstraction Kills
14. Modern Abstraction
15. Managing the Abstraction
16. Imbalance
Part VI. Destructive Abundance
17. Leadership Lesson 1: So Goes the Culture, so Goes the Company
18. Leadership Lesson 2: So Goes the Leader, so Goes the Culture
19. Leadership Lesson 3: Integrity Matters
20. Leadership Lesson 4: Friends Matter
21. Leadership Lesson 5: Lead the People, Not the Numbers
Part VII. A Society of Addicts
22. At the Center of All Our Problems Is Us
23. At Any Expense
24. The Abstract Generation
Part VIII. Becoming a Leader
25. Step 12
26. Shared Struggle
27. We Need More Leaders
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography