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Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones
“When it comes to the most-anticipated business books of 2019, Win or Leadership Secrets From Game of Thrones is the one to beat.”―Inc.
A guide to leading without losing your head, inspired by the bestselling books and smash television series Game of Thrones .
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." ―Cersei Lannister
One of the great joys of Game of Thrones is strategizing what bold moves you'd make in this bloody, volatile world―from the comfort of your living room. And one of the great terrors of being a leader is knowing your real world can be just as brutal―and offices bring no comfort.
Every day you're presented with opportunities and challenges, and must decide which roads to follow, which risks to confront, when to deny an opportunity and when to pursue the call to adventure. And you won't know whether you'll profit or fail while you're in the thick of it. In Win or Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones , Bruce Craven brilliantly analyzes the journeys of the best and worst leaders in Westeros, so that leaders can create their own narratives of success.
Craven considers beloved characters such as Ned Stark, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and Tyrion Lannister as they make terrible decisions and fatal mistakes, but also achieve incredible victories and surprising successes, learning and growing along their (often bloody) ways. Readers will learn how to face conflict and build resilience, develop contextual and emotional intelligence, develop their vision, and more.
This entertaining and accessible guide will show readers how to turn danger into opportunity, even when dragons threaten.
A guide to leading without losing your head, inspired by the bestselling books and smash television series Game of Thrones .
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." ―Cersei Lannister
One of the great joys of Game of Thrones is strategizing what bold moves you'd make in this bloody, volatile world―from the comfort of your living room. And one of the great terrors of being a leader is knowing your real world can be just as brutal―and offices bring no comfort.
Every day you're presented with opportunities and challenges, and must decide which roads to follow, which risks to confront, when to deny an opportunity and when to pursue the call to adventure. And you won't know whether you'll profit or fail while you're in the thick of it. In Win or Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones , Bruce Craven brilliantly analyzes the journeys of the best and worst leaders in Westeros, so that leaders can create their own narratives of success.
Craven considers beloved characters such as Ned Stark, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and Tyrion Lannister as they make terrible decisions and fatal mistakes, but also achieve incredible victories and surprising successes, learning and growing along their (often bloody) ways. Readers will learn how to face conflict and build resilience, develop contextual and emotional intelligence, develop their vision, and more.
This entertaining and accessible guide will show readers how to turn danger into opportunity, even when dragons threaten.
304 pages, Hardcover
Published March 19, 2019
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Bruce Craven
4 books3 followersI teach leadership at Columbia Business School and write fiction & poetry.
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August 14, 2021
I wrote the book, so, I'm not very objective...but when I reread it for the recording of the audio book, I decided, "Five stars."
February 18, 2019
Read my full review in the March 2019 issue of FORTUNE.
May 3, 2021
Kitabın Yazarı Bruce Craven Columbia işletme okulunda hocaymış. Bu okulda da "verdiği", bakın tekrar üstüne basıyorum "verdiği" yani anlatıcısı olduğu Leadership Through Fiction diye bir dersi varmış Yüksek Lisans öğrencileri için. Bu kelimeyi niye vurguladım, saolsunlar yine güzel bir çevirmenlik başarısı ile yazarın önsözünde henüz 3. cümlesinde bunu belirtmeye çalıştığı sırada arkadaş "aldığı" olarak çevirmiş :) Dolayısıyla ciddi bir süre böyle bir ders alıp bunu kitap yazmaya çalışan bir öğrenciyi okuyoruz sanıyorsunuz önce :) Neyse...
Kısacası hoca işletme yüksek lisansında liderlik dersi için böyle bi fikir bulmuş, GoT kurgusal evreninden örneklerle dersini anlamaya karar vermiş. Sonra ya bu fikir güzel oldu bi de bunun kitabını basalım demiş :) Hocam fikir güzel de derste çok güzel muhtemelen. Kendimde MBA yapmış biri olarak böyle bi dersi bana verseler keyifle dinler, sürekli katılım gösterirdim. Ama kitabına gerek yokmuş.
Seri toplarken almışız zamanında, ama isminden ekmek yiyenlerden bu da. Yine de bir nevi kolay okunacak kişisel gelişim ve mesleki edinim vs tadında liderlikle alakalı kaynak arayışınız varsa belki hoş bi okuma geçirebilirsiniz. Onun harici zaman kaybı maalesef.
Kısacası hoca işletme yüksek lisansında liderlik dersi için böyle bi fikir bulmuş, GoT kurgusal evreninden örneklerle dersini anlamaya karar vermiş. Sonra ya bu fikir güzel oldu bi de bunun kitabını basalım demiş :) Hocam fikir güzel de derste çok güzel muhtemelen. Kendimde MBA yapmış biri olarak böyle bi dersi bana verseler keyifle dinler, sürekli katılım gösterirdim. Ama kitabına gerek yokmuş.
Seri toplarken almışız zamanında, ama isminden ekmek yiyenlerden bu da. Yine de bir nevi kolay okunacak kişisel gelişim ve mesleki edinim vs tadında liderlikle alakalı kaynak arayışınız varsa belki hoş bi okuma geçirebilirsiniz. Onun harici zaman kaybı maalesef.
August 30, 2019
Some points made by the author were good but too few good points across the book. I did not peruse the book but it contains a lot of rubbish information and a ton of repetetive stuff. Honestly i don't think its worth reading. It deals a lot with lessons you get from Game of thrones in leadership mostly, which is not bad . Some of the things taught here about leadership were good but they were too common and given with a ton of useless examples. I found the examples given with the lessons from game of thrones not approapriate most of the time, they did not made the lesson easier to understand but made the reader confused.
July 21, 2023
The book is very versatile and full of topics from self-reflection on leadership to business examples.
Reading it was pleasant, entertaining and insightful. The writing style really resembles Bruce Craven's way of communicating, which is in my perspective peculiar for its enriched learnings as a result of his experiences in life in different domains and backgrounds.
A perfect read, especially if you are a fan of Game of Thrones and leadership!
Reading it was pleasant, entertaining and insightful. The writing style really resembles Bruce Craven's way of communicating, which is in my perspective peculiar for its enriched learnings as a result of his experiences in life in different domains and backgrounds.
A perfect read, especially if you are a fan of Game of Thrones and leadership!
November 14, 2019
4.5 stars
April 13, 2021
Not as cheesy as it seems. The author applies his business knowledge and hero's journey to the GoT characters. A great deal can be learned utilizing these examples. Surprisingly helpful.
November 6, 2022
Uses GOT as a kind of self help tool. Clever idea.
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