Leadership : lessons from the presidents for turbulent times / Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Publication details: London, UK : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018.Description: xvi, 473 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780241300732
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Character
- Crisis management
- Political culture
- Political leadership
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States
- Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies
- Character -- Case studies
- Crisis management -- United States -- Case studies
- Political culture -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371- 447) and index.
"In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the origin, uncertain growth, and finally, the exercise of fully developed leadership.
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man?
In 'Leadership', Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking back to their first entry into public life, when their paths were filled with confusion, hope and fear, we can share their struggles and follow their development into leaders.
This seminal work provides a roadmap for aspiring and established leaders. In today's polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in time of fracture and fear take on a singular urgency." -- Back cover