Forged in crisis : the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times / Nancy Koehn.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First Scribner hardcover editionDescription: ix, 517 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781501174445
- 1501174444
- Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Influence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Influence
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 -- Influence
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 -- Influence
- Leadership -- History
- Leadership
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Leadership
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- HM1261 .K63 2017
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-496) and index.
Introduction: The call of history -- Bring the team home alive: Ernest Shackleton's challenge -- Save and transform the nation: Abraham Lincoln's challenge -- End slavery forever: Frederick Douglass's challenge -- Resist Nazi evil: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's challenge -- Protect the Earth and its creatures: Rachel Carson's challenge -- Conclusion: The power of courageous leadership.
Presents a portrait of five extraordinary figures--Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson--to illuminate how great leaders are made in times of adversity and the diverse skills they summon in order to prevail.