No Fear of Failure: Real Stories of How Leaders Deal with Risk and Change

by Gary Burnison

Candid conversations with top leaders around the world on how they approached pitvotal moments in their careers

No Fear of Failure offers insightful, candid conversations with some of the world's top leaders in business, politics, education, and philanthropy--each giving a first-person account of how they approached crucial, career defining moments. Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn/Ferry International, the world's largest executive recruiting firm, sits down one-on-one with a highly select and elite corps, and together they openly discuss how they handled (often very publicly) war, economic downturn, corporate turnover, and even retirement. Together these world-class leaders show the risks one must be willing to take, as well as the vision, resilience, and compassion necessary to lead.Includes original interviews with Michael Bloomberg, Carlos Slim, Eli Broad, Indra Nooyi, Drew Gilpin Faust, Anne Mulcahy, Vincente Fox, Lt. General Franklin L. "Buster" Hagenbeck, Coach John McKissick, Liu Chuanzhi, Daniel Vasella, and Olli-Pekka KallasvuoExplores the common traits great leaders exhibit: vision, compassion, resilience, competitiveness, purpose, humility, team-building skills, entrepreneurial spirit, perseverance, self-awareness, empowerment, and being a catalyst

Taking readers into executive suites, government offices, battlefields, and football fields, No Fear of Failure shows how great leaders make lasting impact.#7 "New York Times" Best Seller (Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous)#13 "New York Times" Best Seller (Hardcover Business)#5 "Wall Street Journal" Best Seller (Hardcover Business)#3 "USA Today" Best Seller (Money)#17 "Publishers Weekly" Best Seller (Hardcover Nonfiction)

Genres: Business, Leadership

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 8, 2011

Reviews

[Eduardo Ocampo · Rating 4 out of 5]

El autor entrevistó a personas extraordinarias que lograron hacer cambios relevantes en sus organizaciones y en sus entornos. Sin embargo, en muchos de los casos no se logró el propósito de explicar cómo se sobreponen a sus fallas. Me parece que muchos cayeron en el discurso fácil de señalar que sí se han equivocado, pero que cambiaron el rumbo y al final todo salió bien. otros se enfocaron en sus esfuerzos para lograr llegar al lugar de liderazgo en el que se encuentran. sólo dos o tres fueron sinceros respecto a un momento específico en el que fallaron y señalaron ideas adecuadas para sobreponerse. La mejor de todas fue la última historia. Un buen ejemplo de liderazgo en medio de la crisis.

El libro es bueno, pero no logró llenar mis expectativas.

[Cara]

Surprisingly not that interesting so far. The main focus is on leadership, rather than how to overcome fear. Also the style is sort of weird, as if the author emailed a questionnaire to the people being profiled and then rewrote the responses into the third person.

I guess it's hard to write an interesting, inspiring book about this. When you zoom out far enough, all of the high-profile people blend together. They do stuff, they expect to lose sometimes, they don't worry what people think, they empower and value the people working for them. I'm wondering if there's anything to be gained from reading beyond the first few profiles--so far, it's all the same.

[Elvin P. Aliyev · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is rather a collection of interviews with famous CEOs and leaders, who provide their own fresh perspective on what made them successful. I very much liked Bloomberg's article. However, I find the articles to be excessively influenced by the initial opinion of the author who is asking leading questions and subsequently affecting the flow of the ideas in each article.

[Ali Hashem · Rating 2 out of 5]

Perfect read for a teenager who lacks experience, ideas and is unable to self-reflect. How can the author justify wasting so much research and time with the interviews. Unless it was a side project of a side project of a side project.

[Penelope · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didnt really find it helpful and it was a supreme struggle to finish. I may have skimmed a chapter or two just to say I did. There are better books on the topics.

[Robin Woodcock · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for a bunch of bios but I didn't find anything special about this book. Seems like something I should have read in business school...but I know there are better leadership books so maybe I wouldn't have read it even then. Was more excited about it on the front end. It was fine and there is nothing wrong with it, just didn't get me going.

[Anandhi]

By reading this book I learned a lot in terms of leadership. How to grow up in the ladder in an organization. As a Team how to collaborate, etc.

It is an eye opener for me. How to implement new ides in an Organization.

What are the things that need to be looked onto when you are on the CEO level in a company.

I would recommend to people who wants to grow in an organization.