The Book of Leadership Wisdom

by Peter Krass (Editor)

A treasure trove of business wisdom; a compilation of writings by legendary business leaders, like Jack Welch, Bill Gates, J. Paul Getty, Henry Ford, etc.

Genres: Business

493 pages, Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

I like to dabble for “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” as Ralph Waldo Emerson would remind us. Although I’m not sure how far dabbling will get you, I’ve enjoyed working on biographies, business books, newspaper stories, business articles, that all-consuming yet maddeningly elusive arena of fiction, and poetry.

And now my wife and I are Vermont farmers to boot, with a sugar bush that glows in the low winter sun, chickens who lay regularly, a coq who never crows before 7am, honey bees who are sweet as, well, honey, and 2 German shepherds who want more than anything to shepherd the chickens …

Reviews

[C CE]

Started referencing to many problematic men... over it

[Betty]

Who wouldn't want leadership training from the greatest business leaders of all time like Bill Gates, William Randolph Hearst, Ray Kroc, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Michael Eisner, to mention just a few.

[Stef]

got a abridged version made of lots of essays. good read