Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (917 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071CJZX41 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 597 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, and is a committed equestrian. . An accomplished author and scholar (she earned her MA and PhD degrees in history from Harvard), she spent ten years writing Forged in Crisis, her first book aimed at a popular audience. She has coached leaders from many organizations and speaks fr
"Leadership is difficult to define, but we know it when we see it. Ellis, author of the Pulizter Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award-winning American SphinxThis book moved me deeply and will stay with me. Forged in Crisis is a compelling historical work and a vital analysis of the skills required to lead in the most important—and often dire—situations."—Howard Schultz, executive chairman of Starbucks Coffee Company"As important and inspiring as it is urgent."—Michael Bloomberg, found of Bloomberg LP and three-term mayor of New York City"A double triumph, artfully telling us the stories of five major historical figures while also providing wise in
Koehn then reaches back to each person's early years to show the individual blooming into the force he or she would ultimately become. Through their confronting of obstacles, we begin to glean an essential truth: leaders are not born but made, and the power to lead resides in each of us.In a time when the highest offices in the land are occupied by the inexperienced and untested, the great question pressing on all of us is: What set of skills is required to lead in crisis, and can history give us answers? Whether it’s read as a repository of great insight or as exceptionally rendered human drama, the riveting Forged in Crisis stands out as a towering achievement.. From a brilliant historian at the Harvard Business School, here is a masterful, in-depth portrait of five extraordinary figures—Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson—that illuminates how great leaders are made in times of adversity and the diverse skills they summon in order to prevail.Ten years in the writing, Forged in Crisis, by renowned Harvard Business School historian and Davos and Aspen Institute speaker Nancy Koehn, presents five r