Leadership

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Leadership: In Turbulent TimesISBN13:9781476795928ISBN10:1476795924Author:Goodwin, Doris Kearns (Author)Description:New York Times Bestseller After Five Decades Of Magisterial Output, Doris Kearns Goodwin Leads The League Of Presidential Historians Insight Is Her Imprint --Usa Today A Book Like Leadership Should Help Us Raise Our Expectations Of Our National Leaders, Our Country And Ourselves --The Washington Post We Can Only Hope That A Few Of Goodwin's Many Readers Will Find In Her Subjects' Examples A Margin Of Inspiration And A Resolve To Steer The Country To A Better Place --The New York Times Book Review In This Culmination Of Five Decades Of Acclaimed Studies In Presidential History, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Doris Kearns Goodwin Offers An Illuminating Exploration Of The Early Development, Growth, And Exercise Of Leadership Are Leaders Born Or Made? Where Does Ambition Come From? How Does Adversity Affect The Growth Of Leadership? Does The Leader Make The Times Or Do The Times Make The Leader? In Leadership, Goodwin Draws Upon The Four Presidents She Has Studied Most Closely--Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D Roosevelt, And Lyndon B Johnson (In Civil Rights)--To Show How They Recognized Leadership Qualities Within Themselves And Were Recognized As Leaders By Others By Looking Back To Their First Entries Into Public Life, We Encounter Them At A Time When Their Paths Were Filled With Confusion, Fear, And Hope Leadership Tells The Story Of How They All Collided With Dramatic Reversals That Disrupted Their Lives And Threatened To Shatter Forever Their Ambitions Nonetheless, They All Emerged Fitted To Confront The Contours And Dilemmas Of Their Times No Common Pattern Describes The Trajectory Of Leadership Although Set Apart In Background, Abilities, And Temperament, These Men Shared A Fierce Ambition And A Deep-Seated Resilience That Enabled Them To Surmount Uncommon Hardships At Their Best, All Four Were Guided By A Sense Of Moral Purpose At Moments Of Great Challenge, They Were Able To Summon Their Talents To Enlarge The Opportunities And Lives Of Others This Seminal Work Provides An Accessible And Essential Road Map For Aspiring And Established Leaders In Every Field In Today's Polarized World, These Stories Of Authentic Leadership In Times Of Apprehension And Fracture Take On A Singular Urgency Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:SIMON & SCHUSTERPublication Date:2018-09-18Weight:1.7 lbsDimensions:1.4'' H x 9.3'' L x 6.4'' WNumber of Pages:496Language:English

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