Leadership Lessons from West Point

by James C. Collins

Book Overview

With Leadership Lessons from West Point as a guide, leaders in the business, nonprofit, and government sectors can learn leadership techniques and practices from contributors who are teaching or have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787987735
• ISBN13: 9780787987732
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.1" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Stalwart leadership essays

"In business, if you make bad decisions, people lose money and perhaps jobs," according to an Army captain who graduated from West Point. "In the military, if you make bad decisions...people can die." In that light, these leadership lessons from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point seem highly credible. After all, most fields of endeavor do not involve life-and-death consequences, but being in the military is not an ordinary profession. This grim truth not only requires but demands "competent" military leaders, as author Jim Collins discusses in his foreword to this compilation edited by Major Doug Crandall. We appreciate these valuable leadership lessons and their source. The Leader to Leader Institute, formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, publishes a comprehensive series of leadership books, 21 of which have been printed in 28 languages. So, when the Institute describes this book as "one of the most important...published in our 16 years," it merits a respectful look.

Leadership Lessons that are invaluable

Awesome book. Well written and organized. A wide variety of opinions and input. I thought it was great!!