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About this book
Using stories and examples from the lives of leaders, from the sports stadium to the White House to the office of the CEO, Nicholson shows vividly how the capacity of leaders to see what others do not see frames their actions and allows them to transform, build, destroy, or stabilize. Leaders fail through lack of insight—into themselves and into the worlds they inhabit.
The strategic challenge of leadership is to find the right balance between impact and versatility and the successful crafting of an identity that merges the leader and the surrounding culture or 'zeitgeist.'
Leaders covered in the book include: George Bush, Tony Blair, George S Patton, Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs, Josef Stalin, Hannibal, Elizabeth I, Nelson Mandela, Edith Cowan, Abraham Lincoln, Mohandas Gandhi, Henry Ford, Ernest Shackleton, Barack Obama, Robert Maxwell, JFK, Pope John XXIII, Margaret Thatcher, and Samuel Pepys.
This book resonates with insights and searching questions on the nature of human leadership. It will be an invaluable guide to managers, consultants, and people everywhere.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- 1: It Goes with the Territory – Leadership Moments
- 2: Leadership in the Wild – The Evolution of Power
- 3: A Very Short History of Leadership
- 4: Leadership as Strategy – Situations, Processes and Qualities (SPQ)
- 5: Who am I? Leadership Qualities and the Compass Question
- 6: The “Eye” of Leadership – The Law of the Situation
- 7: The Adaptive Leader – Leadership Processes
- 8: Dynamic Leadership – Shaping and Discovery
- 9: Reading The World – A Leadership Conundrum
- 10: Born to Lead? Leaders Lost and Found
- 11: Who’s Your Buddy? Critical Leader Relationships
- 12: Destiny, Drama and Deliberation – The Lives of Leaders
- 13: The “I” of Leadership – Inside the Mind of the Leader
- 14: Games Leaders Play – Finding the Narrative
- 15: The Self-Management of Leadership – You, Others and Organization
- 16: Can Leaders Save the World? Vision, Identity and Passion
- Index