Robert Morris is a business consultant and a brilliant book reviewer. I was very excited when he said he would review my book, Toy Box Leadership.

Here is his review from www.examiner.com:

Hunter and Waddell create a context for the creation and subsequent popularity of ten toys (i.e. LEGO® Bricks, Slinky® Dog, Play-Doh®, the yo-yo, Mr. Potato Head® and Rubik’s Cube®, the rocking horse, little green plastic army men, Lite-Brite®, and Weebles®) and then, devoting a separate chapter to each of the ten, share thought-provoking insights on leadership lessons to be learned from each. (more…)

Randy Mayeux and Karl Krayer lead the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas, Texas. Each month they provide fresh insight into the most current business books on the market. In December, they were kind enough to feature my book, Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons From The Toys You Loved As A Child. Here is Randy:

A copy of their excellent synopsis is available at here.

Thanks Randy and Karl. It look liked you enjoyed reading it as much as we enjoyed writing it.

Get your copy of Toy Box Leadership today.

Harry K. Jones at AchieveMax® pick up my new book Toy Box Leadership and learned some lessons that he didn’t count on. Here’s his blog entry:

Toys as Mentors

This is not a book review. However, there will be a review of this particular book in the next set of ten reviews we add to our website, bringing our total to 190 book reviews.

The book I speak of is Toy Box Leadership (Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child). It recently reminded me of a very valuable lesson I learned years ago and sometimes tend to forget. That lesson was very simplistic, and I guess that’s why it’s so easily forgotten. That lesson: “NEVER ASSUME.”

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Brian Rice at Leadership ConneXtions wrote a review of Toy Box Leadership and really nails it’s “stickiness” - a factor that every communicator hopes to capture:

Toy Box Leadership

This was definitely a case of a cover/title selling the book. I read it on the plane ride coming back from Santiago, Chile.

(I was sitting in the very last row of the plane, in the center section of three seats, by myself! God is good. I was able to lay down on three seats and actually sleep for about five hours on this trip. But, before and after sleep, I read the book.)

Okay, it is a nice little book on leadership. Good ideas, good illustrations, great quotes, very accessible in its understanding. But there is something that I think takes this book to a different level and that is its “stickiness factor.” (more…)

Jeff Myers is a friend of my co-author, Ron Hunter, and he graciously wrote a review of my book Toy Box Leadership on his blog Wide Open. Here it is:

One of my favorite topics is leadership. I can’t read enough about it. Reading books about leadership charges me up and motivates me to take uncomfortable steps toward becoming a better leader. Last night I finished reading another good one. (more…)

Robert Morris is a ‘Top 50′ Amazon reviewer. His writing style is beautiful - almost poetic - which is a rarity among business writers. He was kind enough to offer this insightful review of Toy Box Leadership:

“When thinking about purchasing a book, don’t be deterred by a book’s title (initially, I was about this one) and don’t base the decision solely on testimonials by an impressive list of business thinkers (although in this instance, their praise is justified). Rather, check out as many reviews as you can, especially Customer Reviews. Others have their own reasons for commending Ron Hunter and Michael Waddell on what they achieve in Toy Box Leadership. Here are two of mine. (more…)

I like to read smart blogs. So when I started looking for bloggers to review my book, Toy Box Leadership, one my first choices was DJ Francis at onlinemarketerblog.com

DJ has experience in persuasive marketing communication and always presents his ideas in a clever and creative way. Here is his unbiased review of the book:

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