A Short Book on a Large Topic

The Library of Congress catalog lists more than 8,000 books—including this one—written since 1990 on aspects of leadership. Stacked one on top of another, these books would form a tower (albeit a teetering one) higher than the Statue of Liberty.

So why one more leadership book, and a slim one at that? First, this book targets personal leadership development rather than the more common topic of leadership roles in business and other organizations. This book is about your own leadership development, not about corporate hierarchies or social structures. Second, this book contains several new perspectives on leadership that can’t be found elsewhere in the towering stack. As grateful as we are to the extensive literature ...

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