LeadershipThe Importance of Reading

• Even as global literacy rates are

high (84%), people are reading

less and less deeply.

• The National Endowment for the

Arts (PDF) has found that

Reading has declined among

every group of adult Americans.

Leadership – The Importance of ReadingUnpleasant Literacy Rates

• Business people seem to be

reading less, particularly material

unrelated to business.

• But deep, broad reading habits

are often a defining characteristic

of many Greatest Leaders.

Leadership – The Importance of ReadingImportant - Great Leaders & Reading

Leadership – The Importance of ReadingGreat Leaders & Reading

Reading habits can help

people to catalyze:

Insight

Innovation Empathy

Creativity

Many business titans are or

have been avid readers.

Leadership – The Importance of ReadingBusiness Leaders & Reading

Steve Jobs

Great interest

in William Blake

Phil Knight

He always bows when

he enters his library.

Many Business Leaders

believe that deep,

broad reading cultivated

in them the knowledge,

habits, and talents to

improve their organizations.

• The leadership benefits of

reading are wide-ranging.

• Evidence suggests reading

can improve intelligence and

lead to innovation and insight.

Leadership – The Importance of ReadingOverview

• Some studies have shown, for

example, that reading makes you

smarter through a larger

vocabulary and more world

knowledge in addition to the

abstract reasoning skills.

Leadership – The Importance of ReadingSmarter People

• Many business people claim that

reading across fields is good for

creativity.

• And leaders who can sample

insights in other fields, and apply

them to their organizations are more

likely to innovate and prosper.

Leadership – The Importance of ReadingDeveloping Creativity

• Through reading we acquire

knowledge to deal with any

situation.

• And when we are well

prepared, our self-image and

self-confidence increase.

Leadership – The Importance of Reading1st Benefit – It builds your self-image

• Reading offers you life examples

and ideas to help you to

determine how you will respond

to the negative things that may

happen to you during the course

of your business.

Leadership – The Importance of Reading2nd Benefit – It maintains our attitude

• Reading means thinking.

• And thinking means developing

new ideas and perception about

ourselves and other relevant

elements for our life and

business.

Leadership – The Importance of Reading3rd Benefit – It offers exposure to self-counsel

• The best thing about reading is that we

can choose what suit us better

according to the situation or specific

need.

• Reading provides us the opportunity to

learn from past experiences or to think

about new possibilities regarding our

life and business.

Leadership – The Importance of ReadingConclusion

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