In Search of Leadership : How Great Leaders Answer the Question "Why Lead?"
ISBN: 9780071602952 | 007160295X
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date: 9/18/2008
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What truly drives a leader?The role of leadership is crucial to every occupation-whether you're in business, or government, whether you're a parent or a teacher, and whether you're at the early stages of your career, or are at a crossroads after decades of success.Linkage CEO Phil Harkins and ARC Financial Corp cofounder Phil Swift have enjoyed decades of experience in leading and working with other leaders. Along the way they became aware that many leaders find themselves in search of their personal purpose for leading.This search led them on ... MORE
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Our Road Trip to India | p. 7 |
| The Journey | p. 9 |
| What Should I Be Doing? | p. 15 |
| The Leadership Discussion | p. 21 |
| The Stories | p. 29 |
| Rising Above | p. 33 |
| Leading Against the Grain: The Story of Ron Greene | |
| Business as Sport: The Story of Claude Lamoureux | |
| Were It Not for Kindness: The Story of Henri L... MORE | |
| Life-Altering Events: The Story of John Hammergren | |
| Her Father's Table: The Story of Rafiah Salim | |
| A Personal Mission | p. 81 |
| A Human Enterprise: The Story of Mac Van Wielingen | |
| I Did It for You: The Story of Jim Lewis | |
| Beautifully Focused: The Story of John Lloyd | |
| The Business of Sustainability: The Story of Hans Zulliger | |
| Tenacity: The Story of John Coleman | |
| The Quest | p. 129 |
| Seeker of Answers: The Story of Larry Strecker | |
| Between a Handshake and a Bear Hug: The Story of Paul Brainerd | |
| Climbing Mission Hill: The Story of Anthony von Mandl | |
| The Optimist: The Story of John Keane | |
| Believe in Justice, Pay the Price: The Story of Mary Robinson | |
| Someone Had to Do It | p. 175 |
| Leadership by Candlelight: The Story of Rajaa Khuzai | |
| Such a Life: The Story of Mikhail Gorbachev | |
| The Conductor and the Lead Violin: The Story of Hal Kvisle | |
| Leadership that Is Not Safe: The Story of Benazir Bhutto | |
| Fathers and Sons: The Story of Ara Hovnanian | |
| Because It Was Right | p. 227 |
| Teach One to Teach Another: The Story of Erin Gruwell | |
| If Not Now, When? If Not You, Who?: The Story of Jane Simington | |
| Teaching Power: The Story of Mike Towers | |
| Becoming Swanee Hunt: The Story of Swanee Hunt | |
| Say Yes, then Figure Out How: The Story of Pat Mitchell | |
| Be the Change You Wish to See: The Story of Mohandas K. Gandhi | |
| Conclusion | p. 277 |
| Leadership Insights from the Journey | p. 281 |
| Why Lead?-The Answer | p. 289 |
| Index | p. 301 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 309 |
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Phil Harkins is CEO of Linkage, Inc., the company that he founded in 1988. Phil has worked with leaders, leadership teams, and boards in more than 25 countries located in Asia, North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Along with leadership expert and Linkage board member Warren Bennis, Phil is co-chair of The Global Institute For Leadership Development.
.Phil Swift is cofounder, co-chairman, and director of ARC Financial Corp. With over $2.0 billion of capital under management, ARC Financial Corp. is one of the world's leading energy focused private equity firms.
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