This book offered a clear and actionable framework for improving leadership skills. Miller's concept of four key "smart choices" resonated with me: confronting reality, growing capacity, fueling curiosity, and creating change.

Especially noteworthy were the practical exercises sprinkled throughout the book. These helped me solidify the concepts and brainstorm ways to implement them in my own leadership style.

Overall, I found Smart Leadership to be a valuable resource for anyone looking to up their leadership game.

I wanted to read this book because I lead a team of 8. I was hoping to learn something new that would be beneficial to myself and my team.

This is the first book I have ‘read’ by Mark Miller and for this review I was listening to an audio version, read by the author.

I love audiobooks but found that it did take me a little time to get used to the author’s accent and pace, which I found quite slow and a little too repetitive.

The central thrust of the book is that there are 4 ‘choices’ that a leader must make in order to ensure success:
Truth, Growth, Curiosity and Change. There were some interesting points around leadership and I particularly liked the section on asking the right questions, which I thought was well expressed and thought-provoking. I imagine that some of the practical exercises suggested would have real benefits.

My main irritation was with the amount of repetition and if I had been reading a hard copy I would definitely have skimmed some of those sections. Similarly, I honestly don’t want to hear the word ‘quicksand’ again for a long, long time!

With thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, RB Media and the author for an arc audiobook version of this book in exchange for an honest review.

“The magic in a tool always lives in the craftsmen who directs it.”

“Can we create change? Can we create a better tomorrow?”

These are jus a few of the challenging statements from “Smart Leadership - Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Impact” which made me appreciate the this book and tag it as a #masterpiece in my GoodReads reading catalogue! Through a clear, straight-forward, and (I dare say) on-the-point communication style, Mark Miller taps into some of the challenging pain points of leadership and gives pointers for his readers on how to best tackle the challenges both on the short-term and the long-term. I will let you discover the rest of this book’s hidden gems!

I would give this book 10 stars if I could, but since this is not possible, I’m just going to look out for other books written by Mark Miller.

Special thanks to NetGalley, RB Media, and the author for giving me the opportunity to review the ARC in audiobook format and to you, my reader, for taking the time to read this honest personal book review.

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