Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071CJZX41 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 529 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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She writes with verve and vivid detail."—Graham Allison, Founding Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, former Assistant Secretary of State, and author of Essence of Decision and Destined for War"A remarkably insightful book, written in a style that is consistently engaging and absorbing, which reminds us that leaders are made not born, and that the crucibles from which they emerge are, above all, tests of character This book is a wonder—exactly the leadership roadmap needed for these challenging times."—Les Wexner, Chairman and CEO of L Brands"An outstanding rebuttal of the myth that leaders somehow have different DNA than ordinary people. Washington"Nancy Koehn is a seriously talented historian who has a gift for mining the past to elucidate the present. Ellis, author of the Pulizter Pr
Through their confronting of obstacles, we begin to glean an essential truth: leaders are not born but made, and the power to lead resides in each of us.In a time when the highest offices in the land are occupied by the inexperienced and untested, the great question pressing on all of us is: What set of skills is required to lead in crisis, and can history give us answers? Whether it’s read as a repository of great insight or as exceptionally rendered human drama, the riveting Forged in Crisis stands out as a towering achievement.. Koehn then reaches back to each person's early years to show the individual blooming into the force he or she would ultimately become. From a brilliant historian at the Harvard Business School, here is a masterful, in-depth portrait of five extraordinary figures—Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson—that illuminates how great leaders are made in times of adversity and the diverse skills they summon in order to prevail.Ten years in the writing,
Robinson chair of Business Administration. An accomplished author and scholar (she earned her MA and PhD degrees in history from Harvard), she spent ten years writing Forged in Crisis, her first book aimed at a popular audience. Nancy Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School where she holds the James E. She has coached leaders from many organizations and speaks frequently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and the World Bus