leadership

Contains essays in which American historians attempt to understand the qualities of effective leaders as seen in the lives of George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert Kennedy, Chief Joseph, J. Pierpont Morgan, and others.

Explains how outstanding leadership can inspire employees, delight customers, and achieve extraodinary business results and help companies improve their customer base and bottom line, and presents ten practical leadership strategies taught at the world-renowned Disney Institute that can be adapted to any business.

Professor of psychiatry Nassir S. Ghaemi examines the relationship between mental illness and leadership and draws on research and historical studies to theorize that the qualities of individuals with mood disorders are necessary for leaders to have during times of crisis.

Provides information, activities, and real-life stories aimed at helping students nurture and improve their leadership skills.

This book offers suggestions to developing and running a well organized and valuable workshop.

Examines the positive effects of cocurricular activities on the development of character, focusing on participation in student government, discussing the function of student government, its role in establishing school climate, methodsof fundraising, and other opportunities for leadership.

Quotes and insights from legendary sports coach Vince Lombardi reveal the principles behind his successful coaching career.

Examines African-American leadership at the dawn of the modern civil rights movement, arguing that integrationist politics paved the way for racial progress.

Profiles the early leadership roles of great American military leaders including George Washington, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, John Pershing, and George Patton describing their backgrounds and the challenges they faced.

Explains how to be a good leader, describing such qualities as decisiveness, respect for others, and innovation, and includes case studies and exercises.