Leadership in Turbulent Times [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Goodwin, Doris Kearns

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2018

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As new condition blue boards/white spine/gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Doris Kearns Goodwin; Author Dedication; Foreword; Epilogue: Of Death and Remembrance; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Business Books on Leadership Skills; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. "In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the leader make the times or do the times make the leader? In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon the four presidents she has studied most closely - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights) - to show how they recognized leadership qualities within themselves and were recognized as leaders by others.By looking back to their first entries into public life, we encounter them at a time when their paths were filled with confusion and disappointment. Leadership tells the story of how they all met with dramatic reversals that disrupted their lives and threatened to shatter forever their ambitions. Nonetheless, they all emerged better fitted to confront the contours and dilemmas of their times. No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities, and temperament, these men shared a fierce ambition and a deep-seated resilience that enabled them to surmount uncommon hardship. At their best, all four were guided by a sense of moral purpose. At moments of great challenge, they were able to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others. This seminal work provides an essential and accessible road map not only for aspiring and established leaders in every field but for all of us in our everyday lives. In today's polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in times of fracture and fear take on a singular urgency." - from the inner front jacket flap. "Four towering individuals.in a masterwork on how good leaders become great leaders, how burning personal ambition can be elevated into driving ambition for a cause greater than self. Riveting, uplifting, and incisive, Leadership is a culminating work of a true intellectual artist." - Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, coauthor of Built to Last. "Business students invariably ask me: 'With what historical figure wold you like to have lunch? Doris Kearns Goodwin has prepared a marvelous banquet with four leaders whos lives provide lessons for all of us. Pull up a chair." - Warren Buffett. "Transformational Leadership: Abraham Lincoln entered the presidency at the gravest moment in American history. His temperament and absolute determination helped win the war, save the Union, and end slavery." "Crisis Leadership: Theodore Roosevelt guided his countrymen through a long battle designed to restore fairness to America's social and economic life in the wake of the industrial revolution." "Turnaround Leadership: Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a sustained, reanimating energy to a nation suffering from the Great Depression and losing faith in democracy." "Visionary Leadership Lyndon B. Johnson gained office in a moment of national tragedy. His legislative mastery galvanized a domestic agenda that achieved more for civil rights than any leader since Lincoln.". Seller Inventory # 008354

Bibliographic Details

Title: Leadership in Turbulent Times [FIRST EDITION...

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York

Publication Date: 2018

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Polanco, Lewelin (interior design); Seow, Jackie (jacket design)

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition