The I of Leadership

This is the leadership book you have to read: a barn-stormingnew take on what makes a versatile, integrated, and effectiveleader
Using stories and examples from the lives of leaders, from thesports stadium to the White House to the office of the CEO,Nicholson shows vividly how the capacity of leaders to see whatothers do not see frames their actions and allows them totransform, build, destroy, or stabilize. Leaders fail through lackof insight--into themselves and into the worlds theyinhabit.
The strategic challenge of leadership is to find the rightbalance between impact and versatility and the successful craftingof an identity that merges the leader and thesurrounding culture or 'zeitgeist.'
Leaders covered in the book include: George Bush, Tony Blair,George S Patton, Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs, Josef Stalin, Hannibal,Elizabeth I, Nelson Mandela, Edith Cowan, Abraham Lincoln, MohandasGandhi, Henry Ford, Ernest Shackleton, Barack Obama, RobertMaxwell, JFK, Pope John XXIII, Margaret Thatcher, and SamuelPepys.
This book resonates with insights and searching questions on thenature of human leadership. It will be an invaluable guide tomanagers, consultants, and people everywhere.