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Lead yourself first : inspiring leadership through solitude / with a foreword by Jim Collins ; Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin.

Kethledge, Raymond Michael, 1966- (author.). Erwin, Michael S., (author.).

Summary:

Cites examples from great leaders in politics, business, sports, and the military to argue that leaders should unplug from daily life and spend time alone to improve clarity and creativity, balance their emotions, and sustain certainty. -

Record details

ISBN: 9781632866318
Physical Description: xxi, 214 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Clarity --Analytical clarity: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1944 --The stillness of intuition: Jane Goodall, 1960 --Creativity --"Suppose we were a thing intangible?": T.E. Lawrence, 1917 --Emotional balance --Acceptance: Abraham Lincoln, 1863 --Catharsis: Ulysses S. Grant, 1864 --Magnanimity: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1990 --Moral courage --"A sublime power to rise above": Winston Churchill, 1938 --"No never alone": Martin Luther King Jr., 1956 --The dignity not to conform: Pope John Paul II, 1979.