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Heroic Leadership: Leading with Integrity and Honor
Proven leadership strategies used by combat and business leaders to accomplish impossible goals
"Heroic Leadership" examines military leadership principles as they apply to business and life. Leadership expert and retired general William Cohen describes the eight universal laws of leadership and explains why heroic leadership has worked so successfully and ethically for thousands of years despite severe conditions of risk, uncertainty and hardship. He also shows how to implement Heroic Leadership to attract fellowship, use influence tactics, develop self-confidence, build, coach, and motivate a team, take charge in crisis situations, and take action. Includes real-world examples from business as well, as battle, that follow the eight universal lawsContains proven strategies and techniques to apply the universal laws and multiply the productivity of any group or organizationSuggests little-known, but highly effective methods for building teamwork and esprit de corpsBased on the classic, bestselling books on leadership "The New Art of the Leader" and the "Stuff of Heroes"With a timeless approach to leadership, "Heroic Leadership" offers innovative ideas for motivating people and helping them to achieve new heights of personal and group performance
"Heroic Leadership" examines military leadership principles as they apply to business and life. Leadership expert and retired general William Cohen describes the eight universal laws of leadership and explains why heroic leadership has worked so successfully and ethically for thousands of years despite severe conditions of risk, uncertainty and hardship. He also shows how to implement Heroic Leadership to attract fellowship, use influence tactics, develop self-confidence, build, coach, and motivate a team, take charge in crisis situations, and take action. Includes real-world examples from business as well, as battle, that follow the eight universal lawsContains proven strategies and techniques to apply the universal laws and multiply the productivity of any group or organizationSuggests little-known, but highly effective methods for building teamwork and esprit de corpsBased on the classic, bestselling books on leadership "The New Art of the Leader" and the "Stuff of Heroes"With a timeless approach to leadership, "Heroic Leadership" offers innovative ideas for motivating people and helping them to achieve new heights of personal and group performance
288 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 16, 2010
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William A. Cohen
94 books30 followersWilliam A. Cohen, Ph.D. (Pasadena, CA) is an authority on leadership and strategy formulation and deployment. He gives speeches and seminars for the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the Air War College, the FBI Academy, all four armed services, and corporations from Boeing to The Cheesecake Factory. He is the author of many books including The New Art of the Leader, The Wisdom of the Generals , and How to Make It Big as a Consultant (978-0-8144-7073-2).
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June 17, 2013
Enough to say that this book was written by a real-life leader. So by reading it, you know the state-of-the-art from its real source.
PS: the military is the origin of leadership, the author is a military officer.
PS: the military is the origin of leadership, the author is a military officer.
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