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Book SynopsisAn anthology of 50 essays and speeches on the topic of leadership, this book offers insights from some of the most successful leaders throughout history. Andrew Carnegie, Al Dunlap, Bill Gates, and Jack Welch are among the many leaders whose thoughts, ideas, and strategies grace the pages of this book.
Table of ContentsTHE 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 Alll 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.
