The Way of Leadership: Timeless Strategies for Success from Zen and Taoist Masters

by Thomas Cleary (Translator), David Warrilow (Reading), Michael O'Keefe (Reading)

Proven to be invaluable resources for anyone in a position of power, here are three of China’s greatest classical works on leadership, warriorship, and strategy:

   •  The Art of War. Read by David Warrilow. This timeless guide is perhaps the most influential book of strategy in the world today.
   •  Zen Lessons. Read by Michael O’Keefe. These core teachings of China’s greatest Zen masters cover leadership and spiritual practice, decision making, how to inspire respect, and much more.
   •  The Book of Leadership and Strategy. Read by David Warrilow. Written by eight Taoist masters of the early Han dynasty, this text explains how to achieve wisdom and success in any endeavor.


4 CDs, 3 1/2 hours.

Audio CD

Published January 13, 2009

About the author

Dr. Thomas Francis Cleary, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley), was a prolific translator of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Muslim classics, with a particular emphasis on popular translations of Mahāyāna works relevant to the Chan, Zen, and Soen systems.