Book Reviews

Editorial Reviews

Don McCauley - Blogger News Network, December 31, 2007

Leaders are born, not made. Leaders are made, not born. These two statements, diametrically opposed in every way, lie at the heart of a debate that has raged within the human community for a very long time. Now, which it true? More . . .

Midwest Book Review – Small Press Bookwatch, April 2007

Written by youth and adult leadership trainer Debra J. Slover, U.N.I.Q.U.E.: Growing the Leader Within is a self-help guide to cultivating purpose, aim, and leadership skills within oneself. Chapters discuss how to balance the four key behavioral attributes a leader needs (visualize, organize, harmonize, and energize), how to practice and attain the key traits needed for leadership, tips, tricks, and techniques for expressing the voice of the leader spirit within, and much more. Accessible to readers of all ages and backgrounds, and drawing upon vignettes and the occasional gardening metaphor to illustrate its point, U.N.I.Q.U.E. is an excellent heart, mind, and spirit self-help guide, whether preparing to lead a business, a sports team, a coalition, a few friends, or simply oneself.

Strand Bookstore, New York

In "U.N.I.Q.U.E.," Debra Slover offers a new and exciting approach to leadership intended to provoke the mind, warm the heart, and lift the spirit to allow the creative leader within to guide and direct our lives. Slover draws from her vast experience and professional training to provide an entertaining and informative fable that illustrates that leadership is the essence of a happy and successful life. Hugh is a lost sheep from the Leadership Farm who must learn several lessons that will show readers how to enrich their personal "Leadership Garden." No matter who you are, this presents practical exercises that will compel and empower you to make the difference you desire.

Reader Reviews

Dianne Tanner

Can a lost sheep really become a leader? Why, yes! Of course! We all can! At first, I thought the book was going to be just another tired lesson plan for finding your way in the world: but Debra J. Slover's book, U.N.I.Q.U.E.: Growing the Leader Within, goes beyond the traditional self help doctrines to actively explain the ideas behind cultivating an individual leadership spirit. More . . .

M. A. Beattie, MBA, Doctoral Candidate in Leadership Studies, Gonzaga University

My mom gave me a copy of U.N.I.Q.U.E. when it was first coming onto the market. Leadership Studies are an area of research for me and I am also an avid gardener, so she felt the metaphor of a Leadership Garden was a natural fit. She was right in many ways. More . . .

Joel M. Green “Green Wave Massage Therapy” Spokane, WA

What a fantastic experience to read and feel. With the multitude of books out there with themes that touch the soul, this book clearly stands above the rest. As I read the book, I found myself touched but the hidden lessons all through this beautiful 147 page experience. More . . .

Here's what other readers have to say:

• Delightful! Powerful!
• A very accessible expression of a transformation that is available to us all
• It sneaks up on you, warms your heart, and re-inspires lost and forgotten dreams
• It is beautiful, insightful, and profound; a remarkable fable that moved me to tears more than once
• Heaven knows we need something like this!