Leaders
- Author General Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers, Jason Mangone
- Narrator Paul Michael
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 17 hours and 4 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Advice on careers and achieving success, Biography: business and industry, Biography: historical, political and military, Business strategy, Geopolitics, Management decision making, Management: leadership and motivation, Political leaders and leadership, Working patterns and practices.
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What to expect
- Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Leaders by General Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone, read by Paul Michael.
The bestselling author of Team of Teams dismantles the Great Man theory of leadership, by profiling leaders whose real stories defy their legends.
In Leaders, retired four-star general Stan McChrystal explores what leadership really means, debunking the many myths that have surrounded the concept. He focuses on thirteen great leaders, showing that the lessons we commonly draw from their lives are seldom the correct ones.
Leaders featured in the book include:
Founders: Walt Disney and Coco Chanel
Zealots: Maximilien Robespierre and Abu Musab Zarkawi
Powerbrokers: Margaret Thatcher and Boss Tweed
And other leaders profiled include geniuses Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein, reformers Martin Luther and Martin Luther King, Jr., and heroes Harriet Tubman and Zheng He.
Ultimately, McChrystal posits that different environments will require different leaders, and that followers will choose the leader they need. Aspiring leaders will be best served not by cultivating a standard set of textbook leadership qualities, but by learning to discern what is required in each situation.
'Leaders rexamines old notions of leadership - especially the outdated view that history is shaped by great men going it alone' - SHERYL SANDBERG, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org
'Leaders takes us deeper than most other leadership books into the true and often messy mechanics of leadership. Anyone who considers themselves a student of leadership must read this book' - SIMON SINEK, optimist and author of Start With Why and Leader Eat Last
Critics Review
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Leaders rexamines old notions of leadership – especially the outdated view that history is shaped by great men going it alone. General McChrystal shows us that leadership can take many forms, leaders often have different strengths, and great leaders can come from anywhere
COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org -
Leaders is a superb, thought-provoking challenge to conventional understanding of the nature of leadership. An enlightening, entertaining must-read about why we revere so many leaders who are often deeply flawed and even unsuccessful, and the lessons for thinking about and teaching leadership in the future
former US Secretary of Defense -
Leadership, we learn, is complex. At a time when Americans yearn for leaders we can admire and respect, this book… will help you think differently about both leadership and our history
author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci -
No living American has more convincingly combined the practice and teaching of leadership than General Stanley McChrystal: that’s why Yale students flock to his classes. Now, in Leaders, he invites us to join them, with Plutarch as his teaching assistant. No current or aspiring leader can afford to miss this shrewd and surprising book
Yale University -
Leaders is a must-read for all leaders – whether they’re just beginning their careers or whether they’re already leading an entire organization
author of I Love Capitalism! -
Whenever Stanley McChrystal talks, I take notes. I am so drawn to his ability to cut through pop-culture theories about leadership to get to the core of what actually makes a leader. Leaders takes us deeper than most other leadership books into the true and often messy mechanics of leadership. Anyone who considers themselves a student of leadership must read this book
optimist and author of Start With Why and Leader Eat Last
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