Entreleadership

20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches

By: Dave Ramsey

Narrated by: Dave Ramsey

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Total Money Makeover and radio and podcast host Dave Ramsey comes an informative guide based on how he grew a successful, multimillion dollar company from a card table in his living room.

Your company is only as strong as your leaders. These are the men and women doing battle daily beneath the banner that is your brand. Are they courageous or indecisive? Are they serving a motivated team or managing employees? Are they valued?

Your team will never grow beyond you, so here’s another question to consider—are you growing? Whether you’re sitting at the CEO’s desk, the middle manager’s cubicle, or a card table in your living-room-based start-up, EntreLeadership provides the practical, step-by-step guidance to grow your business where you want it to go. Dave Ramsey opens up his championship playbook for business to show you how to:

-Inspire your team to take ownership and love what they do
-Unify your team and get rid of all gossip
-Handle money to set your business up for success
-Reach every goal you set
-And much, much more!

EntreLeadership is a one-stop guide filled with accessible advice for businesses and leaders to ensure success even through the toughest of times.

Passion! An Author who CARES about his material!

What did you love best about Entreleadership?

Dave Ramsey is a faith driven man, which could come off strong to an atheist like me, but it doesn't. Nearly all of his advice is practically important, and he delivers it all with passion WITHOUT needing to refer to Jesus constantly.

This is an all-encompassing book about determining your strengths, starting a business, assembling a team, managing the work, defining products/services, and more. As an amateur, I appreciated the breadth of the material. The passion and conviction which has come with years of preaching, no doubt, made the hours fly by, even during a second listen-through immediately after the first.

What other book might you compare Entreleadership to and why?

The Personal MBA has much of the same material but with more of the "nitty gritty" details. EntreLeadership focuses mostly on the actual business-side of project and people management, whereas The Personal MBA covers everything from business tax to personal health/diet.

Have you listened to any of Dave Ramsey’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

The one downside: If you have listened to Ramsey's "EntreLeadership" podcast, you have heard the most important pieces of this book. In the podcast, you'll hear a recording of Ramsey in front of an audience (where he shines even more) performing parts/excerpts of this material, then a host discusses the main topic with a guest.

I suggest listening to the audiobook, and if you enjoy the material, listen to the EntreLeadership Podcast from Episode 1. It would be a great way to refresh all the information.

Any additional comments?

Some theology is there but entirely digestible and even charming in places, if that doesn't happen to be your cup of tea.

WOW what an awesome book!! Dave really brings it !

What did you love best about Entreleadership?

It is truly everything you need to know, but didn't know who to ask. I loved the section on compensation plans and how to hire someone. The interview process that he recomends is priceless.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Entreleadership?

He put the chairs for their morning staff meeting outside in the snow, because several of them were coming in late. He then had the morning meeting out in it. He told them if they didn't get their act together they would be out in the street.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The entire book moved me.

Any additional comments?

Dave is the perfect example of what you can do when you have God on your side. When you handle everything with integrety and honor you will be a success.

I liked it. Dave has a great sense of humour...

Thought this was a good listen. I think there were some good points to go back to (down the track), when we get actually our business more up and running. Some good points to be included in the business plan too. However, in the beginning of the book I would have liked to have heard more about Dave's financial problems when he was younger and how he got there exactly, aside from the fact he over extended himself finanically. He mentions at the beginning he has a strong Christian faith, however, he didn't drone on too much on this particular point which I appreciated. It comes up throughout, but more as an aside thankfully. Well done Dave and family on your success in helping others be more financially successful and secure.

Inspirational, but...

I admire Dave Ramsey and his company, but I just can't buy into his investment strategy. His company encourages people to invest in mutual funds, and Dave is vehemently opposed to prescious metals as protection from currency inflation. When gold was around $1,000, Dave stated that it was "a bubble" on his television show. Now gold is above $1,600 and sure to move beyond $2,000. I'm sure gold will become a bubble one day (maybe between $5,000-10,000), but the U.S. dollar will collapse first. With the Federal Reserve printing dollars every 6 months (QE1, 2,...), a monstrous national debt and trillions in unfunded entitlement programs, I'd rather put my faith in a metal that has been money for thousands of years. People following Dave's investment strategy are going to get slaughtered when our recession moves into a depression. If you are an unwavering Dave fan, I'd encourage you to take a hard look at the fundamentals of the U.S. economy and form your own opinions.

Full of practical stuff

Where does Entreleadership rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I'm new to audiobooks but it was a great first pick.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Entreleadership?

There was something in every chapter that I can and need to apply.

What about Dave Ramsey’s performance did you like?

He was obviously passionate about the material.