Leadership Through the Ages: A Collection of Favorite Quotations
Author: Rudolph W Giuliani
Writing in his familiar voice -- a New Yorker's bluntness, leavened by his passion for ideas -- Rudolph Giuliani demonstrates in Leadership how the leadership skills he practices can be employed successfully by anyone who has to run anything. After all, until the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center pushed him into an unwanted role in history, Giuliani was only months away from leaving office with a reputation as one of the most effective mayors New York had ever seen.
Having inherited a city ravaged by crime and crippled in its ability to serve its citizens, Giuliani shows how he found that every aspect of his career up to that point-from clerking for the formidable judge who demanded excellence (and rewarded it with a lifetime of loyalty) to busting organized crime during his years as a federal attorney-shaped his thinking about leadership and prepared him for the daunting challenges ahead. Giuliani's successes in turn strengthened his conviction about the core qualities required to be an effective leader, no matter what the size of the organization, be it an international corporation or a baseball team.
In detailing his principles of leadership, Giuliani tells captivating stories that are personal as well as prescriptive: how he learned the importance of staying calm in the face of attack from his father's boxing lessons-as well as the need to stand up to bullies; how a love of reading was early instilled in him by his mother and grew into a determination to master new subjects, and not rely on only the word of experts; how, in his recent fight with prostate cancer, learning to make decisions at the right time and with the right information reflected decision-making on a larger scale.
Leadership, Giuliani writes, works both ways: it is a privilege, but it carries responsibilities-from imposing a structure suitable to an organization's purpose, to forming a team of people who bring out the best in each other, to taking the right, unexpected risks. A leader must develop strong beliefs, and be held accountable for the results-principles he illustrates with candor and courage throughout the pages of this important and timely book. He never knew that the qualities he describes would be put to the awful test of September 11, he says; but he never doubted that they would prevail.
Los Angeles Times
The Mayor's greatest hits are all included.
People
Effective management advice from the master. Giuliani shows again why his admirers number in the millions.
Financial Times
Leadership shines...There is a useful lesson here.
Palm Beach Post
The level of devotion to his job comes through on every page.
Atlantic Journal Constitution
Written with the bluntness and unsentimental bravado that people have come to expect from the former mayor of New York
Business Week
An entertaining read...marked by an obvious passion for the city he led.
The New York Times
A testimony to heroism from someone who has first-hand knowledge of what it takes.
Newsweek
The book sparkles.
Bookpage
Lively yet practical...crisp and authoritative.
The New York Times Book Review
Giuliani's prose is leavened with flashes of wry wit. [He] can tell a compelling story.
Publishers Weekly
New York's celebrated former mayor explains how he used specific management strategies to run the city and handle crises in this captivating memoir. It's momentarily jarring when Giuliani's familiar voice on the introduction switches to Roberts's voice for the body of the book, but listeners will quickly adjust. Roberts reads the former mayor's words in a calm, authoritative and thoughtful tone. He sounds earnest and persuasive as he expresses Giuliani's point of view. Giuliani's minute-by-minute account of his actions on September 11-trying to coordinate rescue efforts and reassure the populace while reeling from the deaths of firefighter friends he'd spoken to just minutes before-is harrowing. Other anecdotes are equally forceful, as when Yasser Arafat arrived uninvited to Giuliani's U.N. anniversary celebration, and Giuliani insisted on making Arafat leave while attempting to avoid an international scandal. Giuliani's main advice to leaders: surround oneself with talented people, hold daily meetings to keep everyone on track, define the core mission and make sure procedures and policies serve that mission efficiently, demand accountability from everyone (including oneself), show loyalty to employees and become knowledgeable about all subjects related to one's organization or business. Simultaneous release with the Miramax hardcover (Forecasts, Sept. 30). (Oct.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal
Former New York City mayor (and Time magazine Man of the Year 2001) Giuliani is recognizable worldwide owing to his strong, reassuring, and constant presence on September 11, 2001 and the months that followed. Here, he sets out the leadership principles that he employed throughout his tenure as mayor and shows how he used those principles first to rejuvenate his city early on in his administration and then to help it recover after the tragedy. These principles include accepting responsibility for one's own actions and those employees who act on them, having and leading with strong beliefs, and underpromising while overdelivering, among other things. For each of these, he offers stories from his own life to show how those principles should be applied and why. The reading by actor Tony Roberts can sometimes seem more than a bit somber and self-absorbed; perhaps Giuliani, who presents the introduction, should have recorded the rest of the book as well. However, the delivery here is outweighed by substance, as the author presents throughout not only advice helpful to leaders of all types of organizations (or cities) but also an absorbing and intimate portrayal of a born leader with a strong will, strong convictions, and a strong heart. Highly recommended for all libraries.-Sally G. Waters, Stetson Coll. of Law, Gulfport, FL Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.
Soundview Executive Book Summaries
A Fresh Perspective On Legendary Leadership
After two terms as mayor of New York City, five years as U.S. Attorney, and two stints in the Justice Department, Rudolph Giuliani knew what it took to be a leader. Then, on Sept. 11, 2001, his leadership skills were put to the test when his city became the scene of the worst terrorist attack in history. After facing this challenge head on with exemplary bravery and compassion, he became TIME's 2001 Person of the Year and the epitome of a leader who could stand up to adversity and successfully bring his people through to the other side of hardship.
In Leadership, Giuliani illustrates his leadership principles and strategies with stories from his long history as a leader, before and after Sept. 11, and describes the results that great leadership can attain. One statistic that points to his effectiveness as a leader is the 67 percent reduction of murders in New York City during his tenure as mayor.
Along with describing how he was inspired by the people he admires, and the importance of balanced thinking and personal experience when dealing with problems, Giuliani also explains the sources of the ideas, strength, energy and courage that helped him lead the city through Sept. 11. Although Leadership begins with a complete description of the tragic events of that day, and ends with a description of the ways he helped the city to recover from the terrorist attacks, the bulk of the book focuses on the skills that allowed the mayor to lead New York City to an amazing recovery from a history of crime, economic blight and fiscal troubles.
A Mission To Lead
Giuliani's book on leadership focuses on his personal experiences as a leader, serving as both a biography and a how-to leadership book. He places his ideas into context by describing the situations in his history that challenged them. Giuliani concludes that the most important aspects of being a leader are the values, the principles and the beliefs that define who we are, what we believe, what we do and how we work with others.
Why Soundview Likes This Book
Leadership tackles many ideas about teamwork, ethics, accountability and honest communications. Giuliani's book is filled with colorful anecdotes and true-life experiences that illustrate how these attributes work in times of crisis and change. This book provides compelling insight into the inner thoughts and drives of effective leaders who have had a tremendous impact on others. Copyright (c) 2003 Soundview Executive Book Summaries
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Table of Contents:
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Dramatis Personae | ||
| Prologue | 1 | |
| Ch. 1 | The Fuhrer Makes War on His Army: Oster Recruits the Generals | 5 |
| Ch. 2 | The Road to Mutiny and Revolution: General Beck Converts | 41 |
| Ch. 3 | Europe on the Edge of War: Oster Brings the Conspiracy to Life | 79 |
| Ch. 4 | Hitler's Knife at Chamberlains's Throat: Climax | 127 |
| Epilogue | 173 | |
| Glossary of German Terms | 185 | |
| Army Rank Structure for General Officers | 189 | |
| Notes | 191 | |
| Index | 223 |
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