Our world has many obvious leaders: captains of industry, high-achieving
academics, CEOs, statesmen, champion athletes. But we also depend on leaders
whose work is usually not so visible. They are all around us, filling crucial roles at
every level of society, in all kinds of organizations and in our communities,
enriching the lives of those around them and making the world a better place.
I always wonder at how people from different parts of the world say the same things and even use the same language. In the Unknown Leader Hussein Al-Banawi talks of leadership as a journey and that each one of us can express leadership. It is the same message I wrote with colleagues in The Leadership Manual that was published in 2004. Read More »
In a nutshell Al-Banawi states that there are many obvious leaders in the world, from captains of industry to chief executives, but argues that we also depend on the leaders whose work is usually not so visible. Here he celebrates those leaders who are performing crucial roles at every level of society and in all kinds of communities, Read More »
28 May 2013 - Unknown Leaders: Is there a model?
With all the leadership studies, why are there no complete solutions we can apply?
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Hussein Al Banawi discusses the lives of some exemplary leaders, including his own. In an easy-to-read, conversational style, he tells of friends and acquaintances who have made changes in their own lives and those of many others. Along the way he provides pointers for the reader, ways in which ordinary people can become Read More »
A Brilliant work from a true visionary on an international level I have read many of the available books on the topic of leadership; however, I have never read one so packed with such excellent, practical ideas and insights to benefit the reader. In fact, there is so much good information that the author could have written multiple Read More »
Sheikh Hussein A. Al-Banawi captures timeless leadership principles and provides practical examples of how these principles can be implemented across cultures and countries. What makes this book credible is that Sheikh Hussein has implemented these principles in his companies and in his home; he leads from the front by example. Read More »
The Unknown Leader is undoubtedly the best and most sincere and authentic self-help book written by a Saudi. Already in its second print, the book's success is mainly due to its author, Hussein Al-Banawi, chairman and CEO of The Banawi Industrial Group, one of the leading manufacturing groups in Saudi Arabia. Read More »
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