Author: Julie M. Fenster
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: leaders, business, words
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 1999-10-22
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0471348554
ISBN-13: 9780471348559

Gems of wisdom from legendary business leaders "I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can; and to give away all you can." —John D. Rockefeller "A computer is not—and never will be—a substitute for getting out in your stores and learning what’s going on. In other words, a computer can tell you down to the dime what you’ve sold. But it can never tell you how much you could have sold." —Sam Walton "You cannot spend a large income wisely if you have not saved or handled a small one well." —Mary Pickf

Author: Justin Menkes
Publisher: Collins Business
Keywords: leaders, intelligence, executive
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0060781882
ISBN-13: 9780060781880

The final word on what traits make for highly successful managers—and a detailed explanation of how to identify potential standout performers. Executive Intelligence is about the substance behind great leadership. Inspired by the work of Peter Drucker and Jim Collins, Justin Menkes set out to isolate the qualities that make for the ’right’ people. Drawing on his background in psychology and bolstered by interviews with accomplished CEOs, Menkes paints the portrait of the ideal executive. In a sense, Menkes’s work reveals an executive IQ—the cognitive skills n

Author: Rebecca Aldridge
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: leaders, world, modern, ban
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2009-02-28
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1604130709
ISBN-13: 9781604130706

As a child in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon wrote a letter to the U.N. secretary-general regarding the Hungarian uprising against Russia. A few years later in the United States, he met President John F. Kennedy. From then on, Ban desired to work for peace, an aspiration that led him to become South Korea’s foreign minister in 2004, at a time when tensions between North Korea and its neighbors were heated. Two years later, he ascended to the position of U.N. secretary-general. Ban has worked to show the benefits of diplomatic approaches in solving conflict, and has called for the world’s

Author: John Murphy
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: leaders, world, modern, khamenei, ali
Number of Pages: 143
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0791095177
ISBN-13: 9780791095171

While much attention has been focused recently upon Iran’s fiery and controversial president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nation’s other leading power broker has remained largely in the shadows...until now. Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was born into a family of strict piety and moderate poverty. As a serious-minded religious student, he soon caught the eye of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Joining Khomeini in his revolutionary activities against the U.S.-backed Shah of Iran, Khamenei was repeatedly imprisoned and tortured. Undaunted, he survived to witness Khomeini’s triumphant return f

Author: Ira Chaleff
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publisher
Keywords: leaders, standing, follower, courageous
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-01-09
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 157675247X
ISBN-13: 9781576752470

Since its original publication in 1995, The Courageous Follower has been put on reading lists everywhere from corporations and the military to unions and churches. This guide helps transform passive followers into active players who can help right leadership wrongs and support and foster a values-based organization. This updated and revised edition contains new material that addresses the failures of leadership recently witnessed in the Catholic Church, the FBI, Enron, Worldcom, and others.

Authors:Jon Pierce, John Newstrom,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwi
Keywords: process, leadership, leaders
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2007-11-14
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 007353028X
ISBN-13: 9780073530284

Pierce and Newstrom’s Leaders and the Leadership Process, 5e is a collection of readings, self-assessments, case studies and experiential exercises on leadership intended to give students a feel for the breadth and richness of this study. The book is organized in to two parts: Part One, divided into 15 chapters, presents a set of readings that will help students understand leaders and the leadership process. Part Two provides readers with additional opportunities to explore leaders and the leadership process via cases, incidents and exercise, which are intended to supplement the conceptual m

Author: Sandra Donova
Publisher: Lerner Publicatio
Keywords: leaders, presidential, buchanan, james
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $29.27
ISBN-10: 0822513994
ISBN-13: 9780822513995