Presidential Lessons in Leadership: What Executives (and Everybody Else) Can Learn from Six Great American Presidents

By Ron Felber

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761853529
• ISBN13: 9780761853527
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"