I agree with this suggestion. Neither of the three listed will improve leadership or decision making skills; at best they'll inform you of what is currently going on, or might suggest some good books by referencing them.

A very similar approach to what parent suggests is in the book "How to Read a Book". It starts with explaining regular kinds of reading, and ends with synoptical reading - where you have to actually go and make a lot of effort to analyze, compare and contrast the current book with other stuff you have read.

Anyway, nothing grows soft and hard skills more than actually doing the legwork - just passivereading will not do much; active reading might help, but mixing reading with going out and actually doing stuff will help the most.