Book Description
Rudolph W. Giuliani's management and decision-making skills have proven to be outstanding through his years as U.S. district attorney and his two terms as mayor of New York City. And on September 11th, 2001, Giuliani emerged as America's steady hand. In this program, Rudolph Giuliani shares with listeners the principles of leadership that guided him then, and throughout his career. He talks about how he was able to take control, show leadership, and make it clear to New Yorkers and the world that under his stewardship, they were in safe hands.
From Publishers Weekly
New York's celebrated former mayor explains how he used specific management strategies to run the city and handle crises in this captivating memoir. It's momentarily jarring when Giuliani's familiar voice on the introduction switches to Roberts's voice for the body of the book, but listeners will quickly adjust. Roberts reads the former mayor's words in a calm, authoritative and thoughtful tone. He sounds earnest and persuasive as he expresses Giuliani's point of view. Giuliani's minute-by-minute account of his actions on September 11-trying to coordinate rescue efforts and reassure the populace while reeling from the deaths of firefighter friends he'd spoken to just minutes before-is harrowing. Other anecdotes are equally forceful, as when Yasser Arafat arrived uninvited to Giuliani's U.N. anniversary celebration, and Giuliani insisted on making Arafat leave while attempting to avoid an international scandal. Giuliani's main advice to leaders: surround oneself with talented people, hold daily meetings to keep everyone on track, define the core mission and make sure procedures and policies serve that mission efficiently, demand accountability from everyone (including oneself), show loyalty to employees and become knowledgeable about all subjects related to one's organization or business.
From AudioFile
Through much of his tenure as mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani was a controversial figure whose personal weaknesses often overshadowed his political strengths. After September 11, however, the world focused on Giuliani's ability to lead with courage and controlled emotion. In LEADERSHIP, Giuliani demonstrates through vivid, practical examples how he used an aggressive, hands-on management style to deal with everything from petty crime to terrorism. Tony Roberts infuses Giuliani's words with grace and tempered emotion and revels in his take-charge style. Although, at times, Roberts sounds more like a performer than the former mayor/prosecutor, he succeeds in conveying Giuliani's confidence, tenacity, and courage. Giuliani reads the book's introduction with passion, making the listener wonder why he didn't read all of his inspiring words. D.J.S.
From the Back Cover
Writing in his familiar voice - a New Yorker's bluntness, leavened by his passion for ideas - Rudolph Giuliani demonstrates in Leadership how the leadership skills he practices can be employed successfully by anyone who has to run anything. Giuliani's management and decision-making skills have proven to be outstanding through his two terms as mayor of New York City and his years as Associate Attorney General in the U.S. Justice Department. And on September 11, 2001, Giuliani emerged as America's steadiest hand, leading the city and the nation through the worst domestic disaster in our history.
Whether dealing with a catastrophe, or with the many problems large and small that afflict a great city on a daily basis; whether addressing New York's $40 billion budget or issues of infrastructure; whether handling complicated human issues or assembling a brilliant team, Giuliani has relied on a systematic and methodical approach that can work for any manager, in any sized business. Leadership, Giuliani writes, works both ways: it is a privilege, but it carries responsibilities - from imposing a structure suitable to an organization's purpose, to forming a team of people who bring out the best in each other, to taking the right, unexpected risks.
Refreshingly honest, full of powerful stories and compelling examples, Leadership is Giuliani's own guide to the essential principles that have sustained him throughout his extraordinary career.
Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.8 width:(cm)12.6
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评分无论能否获得党内提名进军白宫,朱利安尼都值得一提。眼前这个局面,他似乎早有准备:这本四年前出版的自传,无异一部竞选公告。 还在台面上的政客,着传多有公式可循:剖白「心路历程」,阐释从政理念,指陈政坛是非,参杂真假莫辨、虚实无从查考的丰功伟绩,一面自我标榜,...
评分无论能否获得党内提名进军白宫,朱利安尼都值得一提。眼前这个局面,他似乎早有准备:这本四年前出版的自传,无异一部竞选公告。 还在台面上的政客,着传多有公式可循:剖白「心路历程」,阐释从政理念,指陈政坛是非,参杂真假莫辨、虚实无从查考的丰功伟绩,一面自我标榜,...
评分无论能否获得党内提名进军白宫,朱利安尼都值得一提。眼前这个局面,他似乎早有准备:这本四年前出版的自传,无异一部竞选公告。 还在台面上的政客,着传多有公式可循:剖白「心路历程」,阐释从政理念,指陈政坛是非,参杂真假莫辨、虚实无从查考的丰功伟绩,一面自我标榜,...
我向来对那些鼓吹“快速成功”和“捷径”的管理书籍不屑一顾,而这本书则完全是另一番景象。它以一种近乎历史学家般的严谨态度,回顾了历史上那些长期成功的组织结构和领导范式,从中提炼出超越时代的技术和原则。这本书的结构安排极其巧妙,它不像传统教科书那样线性推进,而是采用了螺旋上升的叙事方式,每一个主题的深入都会回扣到前面对核心价值的探讨。例如,在探讨“组织韧性”时,作者并没有停留在灾难发生后的反应层面,而是通过对古代军事战略和现代生物适应性的类比,阐释了如何在和平时期就建立起对未来冲击的“免疫系统”。它还提供了一个非常实用的“决策压力测试”工具,这个工具要求管理者在做关键决策前,必须模拟至少三种截然相反的外部冲击,这极大地提高了决策的鲁棒性。这本书读完后,我不再仅仅满足于“解决眼前的问题”,而是开始痴迷于“如何构建一个永续适应的系统”。
评分坦率地说,这本书的阅读门槛相对较高,它要求读者不仅要有管理经验,还要具备一定的哲学思辨能力。它很少使用那些时髦的商业术语,而是倾向于使用更具普适性的词汇来探讨领导力的本质。其中关于“权威的合法性”的论述,尤其让我印象深刻。作者区分了基于职位的权威、基于专业知识的权威和基于人格魅力的权威,并分析了在不同组织生命周期中,哪种权威需要占据主导地位。我过去一直依赖职权来推动工作,但读完此书后,我开始有意识地将我的决策权转化为一种服务于团队成长的契机,努力去赢得专业性和人格上的尊重。书中关于如何系统性地培养下一代领导者的部分,提供了一套近乎于“学徒制”的培养框架,强调了“导师的自我暴露”在加速新人成长中的关键作用。这本书更像是一本为高阶管理者准备的“内参”,它教会你的不是如何管理下属,而是如何不断地重塑和提升你自己作为领导者的存在状态。
评分这本书简直是为那些在职场中摸爬滚打,却总觉得少了点什么的人量身定制的“指南针”。我花了整整一周的时间才啃完,期间无数次停下来,拿出笔记本反复揣摩那些看似简单却蕴含深意的文字。它没有那种空洞的说教,反而是通过一系列精心设计的案例,将那些抽象的领导力要素具象化了。比如,书中对“倾听的艺术”的剖析,就颠覆了我过去认为的“多说多做才是领导”的固有观念。作者深入探讨了如何通过高质量的提问和非语言信号的捕捉,真正理解团队成员的潜在需求和顾虑。我记得有一个章节专门讲了授权的悖论——过度授权导致失控,授权不足打击积极性。作者提供了一个三维模型来评估何时、何地、以何种程度进行授权,那个分析矩阵的严谨性,让我简直叹为观止。读完后,我立刻着手调整了我部门的项目分配结构,效果立竿见影,团队士气高涨,因为他们感觉自己真正被信任和重视了。这本书的价值在于,它不是给你一碗鸡汤,而是给你一套精密的外科手术刀,让你能够精确地诊断并治疗组织中的“领导力病灶”。
评分老实说,我最初是带着怀疑的态度打开这本书的,毕竟市面上关于领导力的书汗牛充栋,大多都是换汤不换药的陈词滥调。但这本书的开篇就给了我一个强烈的冲击——它将领导力与“脆弱性”紧密联系起来,这完全颠覆了我过去对“完美领导者”的想象。作者以极具感染力的笔触,描绘了那些伟大领袖在面对失败和不确定性时,如何坦诚地展示自己的局限,从而建立起一种更深层次的人性连接。书中引用了大量心理学和社会学的研究成果,使得每一个论点都有坚实的理论基础,绝非凭空捏造的个人感悟。特别是关于“冲突管理”的部分,它没有教我们如何压制分歧,而是将冲突视为创新的催化剂,提供了一套系统的流程,教你如何在激烈的辩论中,将关注点从“人”转向“问题”,最终达成“建设性的对立”。这种看待问题的视角转换,对我个人处理跨部门协作中的摩擦非常有启发。我感觉自己不再是那个急于平息事端的“消防员”,而是能够引导火焰燃烧出更有价值光芒的“炼金术家”。
评分这本书的阅读体验,与其说是学习,不如说是一场深度的自我对话和反思。它的行文风格非常内敛、沉静,没有那种高亢的鼓动性,却有一种穿透人心的力量。我特别欣赏它对“愿景陈述”的解构。很多领导者热衷于描绘宏大的未来蓝图,但这本书却聚焦于“日常的微小行动如何支撑宏大愿景”。书中有一个章节深入剖析了日常会议的开场白、一封内部邮件的措辞,乃至一次非正式的午餐交谈,是如何无声无息地强化或削弱团队对长期目标的信念。我记得书中提到一个概念:“领导力不是你说了什么,而是你每天不动声色地做了什么,并让别人看到了你的坚持。”读到这里,我立刻联想到了我自己的管理风格,我开始审视那些我自认为微不足道的小习惯,意识到它们正在无形中塑造着整个团队的文化基调。这本书像一面镜子,照出的不是我希望成为的领导者形象,而是我此刻真实的样子,这是一种令人敬畏的诚实。
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