Book of Leadership Wisdom : Classic Writings by Legendary Business Leaders
Peter Krass (Editor)





Format: Hardcover, 512pp.
ISBN: 9780471294559
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date: November 1998

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Description and Reviews
From The Publisher:

The Book of Leadership Wisdom brings together the essays and speeches of more than 50 business legends, past and present. From leading change to dealing with adversity, creating vision to inspiring employees, the writings contained in this book span the whole range of essential leadership issues. Each essay is preceded by a brief introduction that places it in historical perspective and offers interesting and insightful information about its author's life and career.


About the Editor

Peter Krass is a freelance writer and editor living in Connecticut. He contributes regularly to Investor's Business Daily. His other books include The Book of Business Wisdom: Classic Writings by the Legends of Commerce and Industry, also available from Wiley.


Table of Contents

	THE NECESSARY QUALITIES
	Harold S. Geneen: Leadership
	Andrew S. Grove: Taking the Hype Out of Leadership
	Katherine Graham: If "Business Credibility" Means Anything
	Chester I. Barnard: The Active Qualities of Leaders
	A. Montgomery Ward: The Elements of Personal Power
	Roberto C. Goizueta: The Real Essence of Business
	DEALING WITH ADVERSITY
	H. Ross Perot: Business Leaders: It's Up to Us to Recover the Industrial Leadership
	John F. Welch, Jr.: Global Competitiveness: America in the Eye of the Hurricane
	Rene C. McPherson: The People Principle
	Max DePree: Roving Leadership
	Olive Ann Beech: The Woman Executive
	J. Paul Getty: The Businessman at Bay
	VISIONS OF PROGRESS
	Thomas A. Edison: Machine and Progress
	David Sarnoff: The Fabulous Future
	Robert N. Noyce: Innovation: The Fruit of Success
	Charles B. Wang: Techno Vision
	Bill Gates: A View from Olympus
	EVOLVING PERSPECTIVES ON LABOR
	William Randolph Hearst: Labor Relations: The Division of Wealth
	Daniel Guggenheim: Some Thoughts on Industrial Unrest
	William Cooper Procter: How We Divide with Our Men
	Frederick Coolidge Crawford: Good Human Relations: The Solution of Labor Problems
	Harry A. Bullis: Business and Labor
	Frederick W. Smith: Creating an Empowering Environment for All Employees
	COMPANY CULTURE
	David Packard: Trust in People
	Rober D. Haas: Ethics: A Global Business Challenge
	Sir Adrian Cadbury: Ethical Managers Makes Their Own Rules
	An Wang: Responsibility
	Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield: Lead with Your Values
	Akio Morita: American and Japanese Styles
	HABITS AND IDIOSYNCRACIES
	John H. Johnson: Failure Is a Word I Don't Accept
	Kemmons Wilson: Take Your Idea and See It Through
	Ray Kroc: Self-Discipline Calles Key to Success
	Dave Thomas: The Wonder of Routine
	Sandra L. Kurtzig: In the Public Eye
	Willard F. Rockwell, Jr.: Reviewing Youself
	William Wrigley, Jr.: I Never Make an Appointment
	A. P. Giannini: I Answer the Telephone Myself
	MOTIVATORS AND MENTORS
	Ralph Lazarus: The Case of the Oriental Rug
	John H. Patterson: How I Get My Ideas Across
	Louis F. Swith: G. F. Swift: I Can Raise Better Men Than I Can Hire
	Andrew Carnegie: The Secret of Business Is the Management of Men
	Charles W. Patterson: Business Is a Young Man's Game
	T. Coleman du Pont: Are You a Job-Holder or a Result-Getter?
	Theodore N. Vail: The Making of a Successful Businessman
	LEADING REVOLUTION
	Lawrence A. Bossidy: Reality-Based Leadership: Changes in the Workplace
	Robert W. Galvin: Real Leader Create Industries
	Lillian Vernon: Growth
	Thomas J. Watson. Jr.: Reorganization
	Michael D. Eisner: Managing a Creative Organization
	Linda J. Wachner: Do It Now!
	J. Willard Marriott, Jr.: Preserve Order Amid Change
	Henry Ford: How to Keep a Business Growing
	Chronology
	Author Index
	Acknowledgments
	Notes
	Credits and Sources
	Index

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