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A brilliant, powerful book from one of the most respected retired military leaders of our time, General Russel Honoré. Recognized as a national hero after spearheading the post-Hurricane Katrina search-and-rescue mission in New Orleans in 2005, Honoré offers effective solutions to some of the most pressing problems of our time. These include hurricane preparedness, healthcare, and gun control, as well as the less-well-known issues of widespread infrastructure failure and the need to intervene in the infamous cradle-to-prison pipeline. His basic message: It's time to try new ways to solve our problems. Let's not continue to make the same mistakes with public policy and practice in our country... let's not stay stuck on stupid!

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Leadership in the New Normal is a short course on how to be an effective leader in the 21st century. It describes modern leadership principles and techniques and illustrates them with stories from the author's vast life experiences, mostly as a military leader. The book is geared to both leaders and those who aspire to be leaders in today's world - in the fields of business, government, religion, military, academia, etc. The author, Lt. General Russel Honore (U.S. Army, retired), emerged as a national hero and one of the U.S.'s best-known military leaders in 2005 after spearheading the Task Force responsible for the massive search-and-rescue mission and the restoration of order in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.

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