Book Review: Reading on the Run (Leadership Series) by Dr. J. Robert Clinton
This is a review of Reading on the Run by Dr. J. Robert Clinton , part of Clinton’s Leadership Series. Published by Clinton’s Barnabas Publishers in Altadena, California, this book was released in 1987, 1996, 1998, and 1999. It explores Clinton’s continuum of reading concepts for leaders, inspired by Mortimer J. Adler's classic How to Read a Book . Adler’s influential 1940 work, which has sold over a million copies, significantly impacted Clinton's thinking on a varied framework for reading and higher-level learning. While Adler’s book emphasizes intensive reading, Clinton’s approach expands to include frameworks for both in-depth and quicker, less intensive reading. This book offers leaders a practical guide for engaging with reading on multiple levels. Clinton argues that since "leaders need to be able to process large amounts of reading materials," and "the leadership field is so broad and requires comparative skills," leaders must cultivate "selecti