Engineer's Bookshelf

  What Makes Great Leaders Tick? Leadership in today's corporate world especially when external factors like Covid pandemic has pushed everyone to the edge of the cliff; has become more highlighted and necessary skill for CEOs, business leaders and influential people. In this book, similar to the 7 Habits of highly effective people¹,author* interviewed world's high performing leaders about who they are and how they became successful. This book, an outcome of interviews, provides reader with perspectives of different kind of leaders, with the hope that readers might be inspired to develop and enhance their own leadership skills. Leadership comes in many forms and is exercised in many ways but few traits and attributes always remain common. Luck Desire  to succeed Pursuit of something new and unique Hard work Focus Failure Persistence Persuasiveness Humble demeanor Credit sharing Ability to keep learning Integrity Responding  to Crises  Author has divided leaders in ca...

  " We are returning to what we were before- a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world.  Saudi Arabia was not like this, before 1979 ".  - Muhammad Bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince (Al-Jazeera/ BBC, 2017) Saudi Arabia is the power center and an emblem of unity for Muslims all around the world as it has house of Allah, the Kaaba to whose direction Muslims pray five times a day,  and also the shrine of last prophet of Islam, Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). Each year Muslims from around the globe offer Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, a city located near Red Sea. Saudi Arabia not only entertains Hajj pilgrims but also Umrah pilgrims and worshippers, who come daily to offer prayers in the Grand Mosque built around the holy Kaaba. Both Mecca and Medina are not only religious but  also financial blood lines which serve Saudi Arabia's economy.  Saudi Arabia is also the largest producer of oil in the world and earns billions o...