Leaders: Myth and Reality
- ISBN-10
- 0525534377
- ISBN-13
- 9780525534372
- Series
- Leaders
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-10-23
- Publisher
- Portfolio
- Authors
- Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers, Jay Mangone
Description
The retired four-star general challenges the "Great Man" theory of leadership, sharing the less-recognized lessons of diverse leaders, from Robert E. Lee and Walt Disney to Margaret Thatcher and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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