Leadership and the Art of Struggle

Foreword

by Bill George

DO YOUR STRUGGLES MAKE YOU A BETTER LEADER? IS IT NECESSARY to overcome severe challenges to become an outstanding leader?

Yes, says Steven Snyder emphatically in this remarkable book. “Clearly, struggle and leadership are intertwined,” he writes. “Great leaders use failure as a wake-up call.”

That’s a conclusion many would-be leaders are reluctant to accept. In today’s world, society often searches for perfect leaders. When their actions reveal their weaknesses and shortcomings, the general public turns away from them and continues the impossible search for perfection. Media pundits, eager to condemn our leaders, pile on the criticism. Like the two tramps in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, who are hoping for the savior ...