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A Life In Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero: An Autobiography
John Whitehead began life in Montclair, New Jersey, as a child of the Depression and went on to lead an exemplary life in the years of the Greatest Generation. In this intimate, charming autobiography, he shares his stories and the lessons he’s learned about quiet leadership.He describes how on D-Day he commanded one of the landing crafts at Omaha Beach, and witnessed one
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Hardcover
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304 pages
Published
June 1st 2005
by Basic Books
(first published May 31st 2005)
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A Life in Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero
John C. Whitehead
Basic Books
There are several important lessons that can be learned from Whitehead's personal as well as professional experiences that he so generously shares in this volume. Those of greatest interest and value to me include these three:
1. Effective leadership is first and foremost both a privilege and an obligation; those who would lead others must embrace the obligations of trust, compassion, and dedication as well as of rigoro ...more
John C. Whitehead
Basic Books
There are several important lessons that can be learned from Whitehead's personal as well as professional experiences that he so generously shares in this volume. Those of greatest interest and value to me include these three:
1. Effective leadership is first and foremost both a privilege and an obligation; those who would lead others must embrace the obligations of trust, compassion, and dedication as well as of rigoro ...more
A quiet, subtle book about quiet, subtle leadership written by my old boss at the Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund.
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