Presidential Lessons in Leadership

What Executives (and Everybody Else) Can Learn from Six Great American Presidents

By (author) Ron Felber

Not available to order

Publication date:

22 February 2011

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

UPA

ISBN-13: 9780761853534

Presidential Lessons in Leadership crystallizes the methods of leadership from six of America's greatest presidents during moments of personal challenge and turns them into concrete lessons that business leaders, and anyone interested in becoming a more effective leader, can use each day. The six presidents include: Abraham Lincoln: Principle-based Leadership John F. Kennedy: Leadership through critical thinking Franklin D. Roosevelt: Leadership through innovation Teddy Roosevelt: Leadership through influence Ronald Reagan: Leadership through ideology In this exciting and instructive book, CEO-historian Dr. Ron Felber dramatically renders the moral complexities behind these presidents' moment of greatest challenge and crystallizes the essence of the character-driven leadership they exercised into practical lessons that readers can apply in the workplace as well as in their day-to-day lives. Once a reader delves into these inspirational tales of challenge and triumph and the lessons they teach, they will never forget them!
Felber distills the essentials of what distinguish great leaders from good managers into simple, pragmatic lessons...a must-read for today's business leaders and those who aspire to become one.