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Leaders
- Myth and Reality
- Narrated by: Jason Mangone, Paul Michael
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Leaders by General Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone, read by Paul Michael.
Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has studied leadership his whole adult life, from his first day at West Point to his most recent work with the corporate clients of the McChrystal Group. In this follow-up to his best sellers My Share of the Task and Team of Teams, McChrystal explores what leadership really means, debunking the many myths that have surrounded the concept. He focuses on 13 great leaders, showing that the lessons we commonly draw from their lives are seldom the correct ones.
These include:
Founders: Walt Disney built his empire thinking he was a man of the people but was actually a bit of a tyrant to the working man. Coco Chanel hid her humble background to pretend she was an aristocrat but was obsessed with making clothes for the common people.
Zealots: Maximilien Robespierre whipped his revolutionaries into a frenzy through his writing while Abu Musab Zarkawi moved on the front lines of the battlefield, winning over his followers through his personal charisma.
Power brokers: Margaret Thatcher and Boss Tweed, whose respective reigns depended on the networks they cultivated.
Other leaders profiled include geniuses Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein, reformers Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. and heroes Harriet Tubman and Zheng He.
Ultimately, McChrystal posits that different environments will require different leaders and that followers will choose the leader they need. Aspiring leaders will be best served not by cultivating a standard set of textbook leadership qualities but by learning to discern what is required in each situation.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-05-2019
too few women in leadership roles?
I am confused about the authors idea that the underrepresentation of women in leadership roles can be attributed to toxic ideas in people's minds about leadership. In this part he did not lay out clear arguments as to why underrepresentation of women stems from toxic ideas in society.
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- Dave Bremers
- 21-04-2019
spectacular
Mind blowing. Well written, conceived and performed. A must have book and I have ordered it in duplicate.
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- Jim
- 08-01-2024
Unusual choices
This book is truly original. The choices to illustrate different leadership styles and approaches are really insightful and very interesting. What's best about the repertoire of cracked actors that the author chooses to highlight is the inadequacies that go along with the brilliance.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-03-2019
A new perspective of leadership
I would recommend anyone who has an interest in leadership, history or society to read not only this book but others written by the author.
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