Download or read book George Washington on Leadership written by Richard Brookhiser and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2010-07-29 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1799, at the end of George Washingtons long life and illustrious career, the politician Henry Lee eulogized him as: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Esteemed historian Richard Brookhiser now adds to this list, First in leadership, examining the lessons to be learned from our first president, first commander-in-chief, and founding CEO. With wit and skill, Brookhiser expertly anatomizes true leadership with lessons from Washingtons three spectacularly successful careers as an executive: general, president, and tycoon. In every area of endeavor, Washington maximized his strengths and overcame his flaws. Brookhiser shows how one mans struggles and successes two centuries ago can serve as a modeland an inspiration for leaders today.
Download or read book George Washington s Leadership Lessons written by James Rees and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From James Rees, Executive Director of Mount Vernon, comes anenlightening guide to the leadership wisdom of America's first great leader. George Washington was more than just an inspiring battlefield commander; he was critical to the founding and success of the United States ofAmerica. His leadership, his vision, and his courage united a war-torncountry and set the United States on the path to greatness. Washington's historic contribution to this nation--his leadership and his character--are as relevant and valuable today as they have ever been. This book reveals Washington's character, his leadership, his vision, and most surprising of all, his business skills and acumen. Most people aren't awarethat Washington, while all of the above, was also a successful businessman and visionary entrepreneur. Exhibiting qualities sorely lacking in so many of our political and business leaders today, Washington remained steadfastly honest and ethical,following guiding principles that would benefit leaders around the world. George Washington's Leadership Lessons reveals a man of true character,worthy of emulation not just in the realm of politics and war, but in allleadership positions.
Download or read book Washington on Leadership written by George Washington and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington is most famous for leading America to victory during the American Revolution and for being the first president of the United States. One does not have those successes without being a great leader. In Washington on Leadership, learn firsthand from the father of our country about the skill, tactics, and techniques that go into great leadership. Such brilliant wisdom Washington has offered includes: “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” Whether discussing military tactics, life lessons, or knowledge from his forty-plus years of service for our country, George Washington is certainly a person that everyone should look up to as the basis for how to lead and as an expert on the finer points of taking control for the greater good.
Download or read book Washington Lessons in Leadership written by Gerald M. Carbone and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-12-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling look at the military career, lessons, and legacy of America's first general and first president. Before he became "the Father of our Country," George Washington was the Father of the American Army. He took troops that had no experience, no tradition, and no training, and fought a protracted war against the best, most disciplined force in the world—the British Army. Deftly handling the political realm, he left his mark with a vision of the Revolution as a war of attrition and his offensives which were as brilliant as they were unpredictable. In Washington, award-winning author Gerald M. Carbone argues that it is this sort of fearless but not reckless, spontaneous but calculated offensive that Washington should be remembered for—as a leader not of infallibility but of greatness.
Download or read book The Art of Command written by Harry Laver and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Colin Powell? That is the fundamental question underlying The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell. The book illustrates that great leaders become great through conscious effort—a commitment not only to develop vital skills but also to surmount personal shortcomings. Harry S. Laver, Jeffrey J. Matthews, and the other contributing authors identify nine core characteristics of highly effective leadership, such as integrity, determination, vision, and charisma, and nine significant figures in American military history whose careers embody those qualities. The Art of Command examines each figure’s strengths and weaknesses and how those attributes affected their leadership abilities, offering a unique perspective of military leadership in American history. Laver and Matthews have assembled a list of contributors from military, academic, and professional circles, which allows the book to encompass diverse approaches to the study of leadership.
Download or read book George Washington Gentleman Warrior written by Stephen Brumwell and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the prestigious George Washington Book Prize, George Washington is a vivid recounting of the formative years and military career of "The Father of his Country," following his journey from brutal border skirmishes with the French and their Native American allies to his remarkable victory over the British Empire, an achievement that underpinned his selection as the first president of the United States of America. The book focuses on a side of Washington that is often overlooked: the feisty young frontier officer and the early career of the tough forty-something commander of the revolutionaries' ragtag Continental Army. Award-winning historian Stephen Brumwell shows how, ironically, Washington's reliance upon English models of "gentlemanly" conduct, and on British military organization, was crucial in establishing his leadership of the fledgling Continental Army, and in forging it into the weapon that secured American independence. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including original archival research, Brumwell brings a fresh new perspective on this extraordinary individual, whose fusion of gentleman and warrior left an indelible imprint on history.
Download or read book Second to None America s Washington written by James Renwick Manship, Sr. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wise Words on Washington, Wise Words of Washington, Wordsmanship by Many a Man across Continents and Centuries to describe the Man for the Millennia, George Washington, the "father of His country", America's Original Action Hero, the Caped Crusader for this Constitution, the man "First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of his Countrymen, he was Second to None..." over 200 color pictures illustrate this Prose Poem, Praise Poem.
Download or read book By George written by Bill D'Arienzo and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom holds that a CEO's performance is measured in the financial results that he or she achieves during his or her career. However, a review of a decade of high-profile firings and research in search of an explanation as to why proves that financial performance is not the major reason CEOs are fired. In fact, over 75 percent of the failings can be explained as issues of poor business communication and personal leadership style. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these are issues of a person's character, not his or her company's financial performance per se! Ingeniously dissecting the career of General George Washington, as a CEO, author Bill D'Arienzo creates a parallel that all readers, whether in business or not, will find poignant in By George! Lessons in Leadership from George Washington, CEO. '...a crisp and compelling style, this brief book focuses on Washington's character and personnel skills...derives principles that today's CEOs would do well to apply.' -Jeffry H. Morrison, The Political Philosophy of George Washington (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)
Download or read book How the Best Did It written by Talmage Boston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the Best Did It is an accessible and insightful explanation of how the most important leadership traits from America’s eight greatest presidents can be implemented by today’s leaders. “A discerning examination of what all of us can learn from some of our most effective leaders who have held—and wielded—ultimate power at the highest level.” —Jon Meacham David O. Stewart (author of George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father) on the George Washington chapter: “In How the Best Did It, Talmage Boston demonstrates rare gifts in sifting gold nuggets from the endless gravel beds of known facts about eight leading presidents, then delivering them concisely and persuasively. In his insightful study of George Washington, he finds the core of America’s first great leader without exaggerating his talents, and makes him someone from whom we can learn and cherish.” Annette Gordon-Reed (Pulitzer-winning historian and coauthor of Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination) on the Thomas Jefferson chapter: “Thomas Jefferson was one the most effective American leaders of his time, creating a political party that dominated American politics for more than a quarter of a century. With great insight and clear writing, Talmage Boston brings Jefferson to life as the talented leader who shaped the course of early American society.” Ronald C. White Jr. (author of A. Lincoln and three other notable books on Lincoln) on the Abraham Lincoln chapter: “Talmage Boston offers a wise and wide-ranging understanding of Lincoln’s leadership qualities. What makes Boston’s chapter distinct is the personal questions that challenge the reader to apply Lincoln’s values to their lives today.”
Download or read book George Washington Awards and Honors 10 Leadership Lessons from George Washington written by Lasandra Weikal and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may remember Valley Forge from Junior High history, but to refresh your memory, it was where the American Revolutionary soldiers wintered in 1777-1778. Conditions were brutally cold. Clothing in tatters. Shoes nonexistent. Many wounded soldiers died from exposure. And those left living had to contend with typhoid, jaundice, dysentery, and pneumonia. George Washington wrote, "To see the soldiers without clothes, without blankets, without shoes...without a hut to cover them...and submitting without a murmur... can scarcely be paralleled." Approximately 2,500 American soldiers died in Valley Forge that year. Why? Yes, these men loved freedom. But according to historian David McCullough, it was mainly their love for Washington. They would go anywhere with him and do anything for him. In earlier battles, Washington's two horses were shot out from under him and four bullets passed through his coat. Had the trajectory of any of those bullets been a little different, our history would have been too. The American soldiers knew Washington would not ask them to do something he himself would not do. So they bled for him. And birthed a brand new country. Washington was the catalyst for modern day freedom and the embodiment of a great leader.
Download or read book Why Coolidge Matters written by Charles C. Johnson and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coolidge is one of the nation's most underrated presidents. Coolidge's thought on topics like public sector unions, education, race, governance, immigration, and foreign policy requires restoration if the constitutional, industrial republic is to be preserved in the modern age.
Download or read book Apostle of Liberty written by Stephen McDowell and published by Cumberland House Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apostle of Liberty: The World-Changing Leadership of George Washington' is a biography of the great man, but in truth it is more than a mere biography. It also looks at his unique personal qualities as a leader and how these qualities marked him as a leader among leaders. In doing so, it reveals a man whose greatness did not stem from oratorical skills, superior knowledge, or brilliant military tactics, but from virtue. He understood his duty and his proper role in the fledgling nation, and he pursued it with an invincible resolution. Largely, this was due to his belief that God in his providence had chosen him to lead the new nation that was founded on liberty'civil, religious, and economic'and that the experiment that began under his leadership as president of the Constitutional Convention and was successful under his leadership in battle would prosper under his leadership and change the world if given the opportunity to succeed.
Download or read book Washington on Courage written by George Washington and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects letters and speeches from the first president of the United States that display his views on being courageous.
Download or read book Washington written by Gerald M. Carbone and published by . This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington influenced every phase of the Revolutionary War, from beginning to end. His offenses were as brilliant as they were unpredictable. Carbone argues that Washington should be remembered for his fearless, but not reckless, leadership abilities.
Download or read book Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows Learn How To Inspire Others Achieve Greatness and Find Success in Any Organization written by Charles P. Garcia and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered one of the nation's most competitive and prestigious fellowships, the White House Fellowship program has produced an impressive roster of American leaders. The men and women of this select group spend an entire year working alongside top decision makers inside the nexus of global power. Each one emerges with life-changing thoughts and views about the nature of leadership and the qualities of great leaders. Now, former Fellow Charles P. Garcia opens the door to this distinguished program, revealing insights to achieve extraordinary leadership, which you can apply in any endeavor. Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows is a profound education on the timeless tenets of successful leadership. Filled with entertaining and insightful stories gleaned from interviews with more than 200 former Fellows, this fast-paced book takes you behind the scenes of every presidential administration from Lyndon B. Johnson to George W. Bush, where America's best and brightest learned their most valuable lessons. You'll hear from such figures as: Former Chairman of the NYSE Marshall Carter Levi Strauss CO Robert D. Haas U.S. Army General Wesley Clark Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin CNN Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Stanford Business School Dean Robert Joss Former Chief Judge, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Deanell Reece Tacha Each interviewee conveys invaluable advice that can be applied by anyone, in any field--from business and government to nonprofit and education. Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows takes you where no reader has gone before. Apply the lessons of the White House Fellows, and your people will instantly take note of the newly inspired leader in their presence.
Download or read book Leadership Lessons of Abraham Lincoln written by Abraham Lincoln and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and inspiring collection of Abraham Lincoln's writings on the subject of...
Download or read book Lafayette Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General written by Marc Leepson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an account of the life and military career of the Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat who, enamored with the ideals of the American Revolution, traveled to the colonies to join the fight for democracy, and became lifelong friends with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
