Forged in crisis: the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times (Record no. 180047)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781473674707
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Classification number 303.34 KOE
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Personal name Koehn, Nancy
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Title Forged in crisis: the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. John Murray
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
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Extent 517
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Summary, etc. A close analysis of five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history . . . A gripping read on a timeless and timely topic! Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of 'Grit 'Ten years in the writing, Forged in Crisis, by renowned Harvard Business School historian and Davos and Aspen Institute speaker Nancy Koehn, presents five remarkable life journeys those of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton; President Abraham Lincoln; legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. What do such disparate figures have in common? Why do their stories speak to us so powerfully today? Koehn begins each of the book's five sections by showing her protagonist on the precipice of a great crisis: Shackleton marooned on an Antarctic ice floe with no hope of rescue; Lincoln on the verge of the collapse of the Union; Douglass threatened with a return to enslavement; Bonhoeffer agonizing on what a man of faith should do when faced with absolute evil; Carson racing against the clock-and the cancer ravaging her in a bid to save the planet. Koehn then reaches back to each person's early years to show the individual blooming into the force he or she would ultimately become. Through their confronting of obstacles, we begin to glean an essential truth: Leaders are not born but made and the power to lead resides in each of us. In a time when the highest offices in the land are occupied by the inexperienced and untested, the great question pressing on all of us is: What set of skills is required to lead in crisis and can history give us answers? Whether it's read as a repository of great insight or as exceptionally rendered human drama, the riveting Forged in Crisis stands out as a towering achievement.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element "Shackleton, Ernest Henry, - 1874-1922 - Influence"
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  Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2020-02-08 2 303.34 KOE 160851 2024-03-08 2023-03-09 2023-03-09 2020-02-08 Books

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