George C. Marshall: Rubrics of Leadership

by Seward W. Husted and Stewart W. Husted

Book Overview

A distillation of Red Letter guidelines assembled from the life of George C. Marshall A practitioner's examination of a single characteristic--leadership There have been more biographies of George C.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097096823X
• ISBN13: 9780970968234
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Army War College Foundation Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Want to be a success in business? Read this book.

A great book for business leaders who want to apply the successful aspects of military leadership.

Leadership lessons learned.

As a now retired business and appointed governmental execitive (and a former junior officer in the U. S. Army)I believe the Rubrics of Leadership to be one of the finest, best books on the subject of leadership of the many I have read over my career. The historical perspective in which the book reflects the life of General Marshall guides the reader through his learning evolution as moves into leadership positions with greater and greater responsibilities in the military, as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense. The rubrics at the end of each chapter provide the reader with well writen leadership "rubrics" refective of the main points in the historical naritive. A good read and lessons that will enhance anyones leadership skills. I have donated copies to local college ROTC PMS and to my two sons who are senior leaders in their business affiliations.

George C. Marshall: The Rubrics of Leadership

Well written but tends to jump around Marshall's career to illustrate points rather than build chronologically.

An eye-opening portrait of Marshall's strengths and positive qualities

Written by retired U.S. Army Reserve LTC and leadership teacher Stewart W. Husted, George C. Marshall: Rubrics of Leadership is not an ordinary biography of World War II legend George C. Marshall; the focus here is specifically upon the factor within him that made him a unique, exceptional, and supremely competent leader. Featuring a foreword by General J.H. Binford Peay, III and a prologue by General Colin Powell, George C. Marshall: Rubrics of Leadership examines Marshall's talent for managing and planning the impossible, how he built a winning team and maintained morale, transformed crisis into success, engaged in conflict resolution and negotiation, devoted his life to selfless service, and much more. An eye-opening portrait of Marshall's strengths and positive qualities, and especially his personal exemplification of the best in human leadership.