Five-Star Leadership: The Art Strategy of Creating Leaders at Every Level

by Joan E. Gebhardt and Patrick L. Townsend

Book Overview

"All veterans know that leadership, at its best, is never autocratic, abusive, or arbitrary. Rather, it relies on commitment, communication, and character. To anyone interested in what the pros have to say about leadership, I highly recommend this readable and well-researched book."--Robert A. Lutz former President and COO, Chrysler Corporation. "This book is unlike any other on leadership that I have read. Citing helpful examples, including those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047132728X
• ISBN13: 9780471327288
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 662 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

5 Stars for 5 Stars

Tis is an excellent book for explaining leadership principles, based on the ultimate test of leadership-combat.The book compiles lists of leadership traits and practices from some of the leading military manuals and strategists to create a terrific reference source. It makes suggestions on how to create a self-evaluation list for measuring one's leadership skills, knowledge and abilities and how to improve them.As a former Marine NCO, I still use the techniques and understanding from the Corps. THis book is an outstanding refresher course or it stands alone for everyone.

The Ultimate Book on Leadership

Patrick Townsend and Joan Gebhardt draw on all the available sources (big industry and the military) to create a book full of leadership skills that is in an easy-to-read format and very practical to use. If you are a leader or a follower, this book is a must read. I am a student of leadership (Navy Officer with 17 years experience) and I have never read a finer book. Get it, read it, and then read it again!

Can you train leaders? With this book you can!

Too many people think that leaders can only be born, not trained and/or nurtured. It's a good thing that the US Marine Corps does not believe this. If they had not trained leaders, I would have grown up in New Tokyo, instead of Los Angeles.Forget the stereotypes and take advantage of 2,000+ plus years experience of studying leadership and training leaders.