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The leader's bookshelf / Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) and R. Manning Ancell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2017Description: x, 269 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781682471791 (hardback)
  • 1682471799 (hardback)
  • 9781682471807 (ePub)
  • 9781682471807 ( mobi)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Leader's bookshelfDDC classification:
  • 016.3553/3041
LOC classification:
  • Z 6724 S798l 2017
Contents:
Leadership by the book -- Making time for reading -- The leader's bookshelf 'Top 50' -- Reading lists -- Writing and publishing : the blueprint for success -- What are young leaders reading? -- Building a personal library -- Reading and leading : the big lessons.
Summary: "For the last several years Adm. James Stavridis and his co-author, R. Manning Ancell, have surveyed over two hundred active and retired four-star military officers about their reading habits and favorite books, asking each for a list of titles that strongly influenced their leadership skills and provided them with special insights that helped propel them to success in spite of the many demanding challenges they faced. The Leader's Bookshelf synthesizes their responses to identify the top fifty books that can help virtually anyone become a better leader. Each of the works--novels, memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, management publications--are summarized and the key leadership lessons extracted and presented. Whether individuals work their way through the entire list and read each book cover to cover, or read the summaries provided to determine which appeal to them most, The Leader's Bookshelf will provide a roadmap to better leadership. Highlighting the value of reading in both a philosophical and a practical sense, The Leader's Bookshelf provides sound advice on how to build an extensive library, lists other books worth reading to improve leadership skills, and analyzes how leaders use what they read to achieve their goals. An efficient way to sample some of literature's greatest works and to determine which ones can help individuals climb the ladder of success, The Leader's Bookshelf is for anyone who wants to improve his or her ability to lead--whether in family life, professional endeavors, or within society and civic organizations"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269).

Leadership by the book -- Making time for reading -- The leader's bookshelf 'Top 50' -- Reading lists -- Writing and publishing : the blueprint for success -- What are young leaders reading? -- Building a personal library -- Reading and leading : the big lessons.

"For the last several years Adm. James Stavridis and his co-author, R. Manning Ancell, have surveyed over two hundred active and retired four-star military officers about their reading habits and favorite books, asking each for a list of titles that strongly influenced their leadership skills and provided them with special insights that helped propel them to success in spite of the many demanding challenges they faced. The Leader's Bookshelf synthesizes their responses to identify the top fifty books that can help virtually anyone become a better leader. Each of the works--novels, memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, management publications--are summarized and the key leadership lessons extracted and presented. Whether individuals work their way through the entire list and read each book cover to cover, or read the summaries provided to determine which appeal to them most, The Leader's Bookshelf will provide a roadmap to better leadership. Highlighting the value of reading in both a philosophical and a practical sense, The Leader's Bookshelf provides sound advice on how to build an extensive library, lists other books worth reading to improve leadership skills, and analyzes how leaders use what they read to achieve their goals. An efficient way to sample some of literature's greatest works and to determine which ones can help individuals climb the ladder of success, The Leader's Bookshelf is for anyone who wants to improve his or her ability to lead--whether in family life, professional endeavors, or within society and civic organizations"-- Provided by publisher.

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