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Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom
Written by Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz
Narrated by George K Wilson
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
The times are changing at an ever-increasing velocity. Old systems, organizations, and ways of operating no longer work in our dynamic, complex and increasingly unstable new environment. Out of this chaos and confusion, a new and different leader must emerge. Old systems and methods will no longer work.
Leading the Charge is a visionary leadership book that examines the trends that have reshaped our world and the ways in which leaders and organizations can effectively respond. Tomorrow's successful leaders-in all fields, including the military, academia, politics, and business-must know how to create, operate, and thrive in very fluid, flattened, and integrated structures that are remarkably different from the traditional organizations we are used to seeing. They will have to manage rapidly changing technology and flows of information, as well as create faster and more far-reaching spans of control.
Leading the Charge shows the way. It is an incisive and compelling guide to the new world of leadership, one that will prove indispensable for years to come. Organized around "Leading a New World," a revolutionary leadership course developed and taught by General Zinni at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University, Leading the Charge makes a convincing case that leaders must:
-change with the times to be relevant
-be ready for crisis mode at any given time
-have a moral compass and the ability to steer the company in the right direction
-be forward thinking, not reactive, to provide innovation and creativity
-develop other great leaders.
Leading the Charge is a visionary leadership book that examines the trends that have reshaped our world and the ways in which leaders and organizations can effectively respond. Tomorrow's successful leaders-in all fields, including the military, academia, politics, and business-must know how to create, operate, and thrive in very fluid, flattened, and integrated structures that are remarkably different from the traditional organizations we are used to seeing. They will have to manage rapidly changing technology and flows of information, as well as create faster and more far-reaching spans of control.
Leading the Charge shows the way. It is an incisive and compelling guide to the new world of leadership, one that will prove indispensable for years to come. Organized around "Leading a New World," a revolutionary leadership course developed and taught by General Zinni at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University, Leading the Charge makes a convincing case that leaders must:
-change with the times to be relevant
-be ready for crisis mode at any given time
-have a moral compass and the ability to steer the company in the right direction
-be forward thinking, not reactive, to provide innovation and creativity
-develop other great leaders.
Author
Tony Zinni
General Tony Zinni (Ret.) was Commander in Chief of CENTCOM and special envoy to the Middle East. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, Nightline and Charlie Rose, among others.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5General Zinni provides a discussion of leadership from a military and corporate perspective. While somewhat useful much of what he says does not translate into my management position in the Federal Government. He is also from an older generation than myself and almost all current people in the workforce.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5While the prose won't win any style points, there's plenty of food for thought here, both for those who would lead and those who are interested in the current state of leadership. In addition to posing some challenging questions, Zinni offers up useful insights into the nature of leadership, and how the challenges of leading have changed as we have moved into the 21st century. Those interested in practical advice for successful leadership should find much of value in this short book. But fair warning for the reader who is looking only for a checklist of practical tips (like, say, using checklists to measure progress) or an outline of leadership tricks: A good deal of Zinni's advice relates not to specific leadership practices (these might better be thought of as "management" practices in any case), but focuses instead on how to develop as a person into the type of individual who can successfully lead.In that sense, the book is as much about strategy (how to become a leader) as it is about tactics (how to lead). In fact, the examples and approach Zinni takes in the book make for a strong (if sometimes only implied) argument that such a failure of *character* in our current leaders is in large part responsible for what he sees as the currrent failure of leadership in virtually every major aspect of our society (including politics, industry, and religion). The emphasis on character and character-building shouldn't really come as a surprise, given Zinni's military background -- but he also backs up his argument with plenty of examples from outside the military arena as well.Definitely worth a look for anyone interested in questions about what makes for a "good" leader and good leadership today.