Leadership (Hardcover)

by Rudolph W. Giuliani (Author), Ken Kurson (Author)

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Demonstrates how these leadership practices can be employed successfully by anyone who has to run anything. Until the 9/11 attacks pushed him into an unwanted role in history, Giuliani was only months away from leaving office as mayor of N.Y. City. In detailing his principles of leadership, he tells captivating stories that are personal as well as prescriptive. Shows how leadership works both ways: it is a privilege, but it carries responsibilities -- from imposing a structure suitable to an org's. purpose, to forming a team of people who bring out the best in each other, to taking unexpected risks. A leader must develop strong beliefs, articulate & act on those beliefs, & be held accountable for the results -- principles Giuliani illustrates throughout this book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 407 pages
• Publisher: Diane Pub Co (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756794587
• ISBN-13: 978-0756794583
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,380 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Here is a self-serving political book worth its salt , January 31, 2008

By	Herbert L Calhoun "paulocal" (Falls Church, VA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Unlike most of the others in the political arena (Hillary Clinton, with her inflated resume and few "earned accomplishments;" Barack Obama, whose community work on the South side of Chicago proved only that there was no "pot of gold" at the end of the "Rainbow coalition;" John McCain a hell-raising Naval academy graduate and war hero/political maverick with no evidence of consistent or sane leadership; Mitt Romney who will say anything, go anywhere, and spend any amount, to get elected to any office; and GW Bush, caught like a deer in headlights on 911), unlike these, Rudy Giuliani actually has documented and provable evidence of " what it takes" to lead a complex, problem-ridden government.

Whatever else one may think of Rudy (and I personally have no love for him because I think he is politically corrupt and is a "closet racist" to boot), it cannot be denied that, not only has he accomplished all that he has laid out in this book but he set out from the start with a plan to do so. From the outset, Rudy was aware of what it would take to surmount the many complex problems of a 21st Century megalopolis; he executed that plan flawlessly and left his efforts to be judged by measurable and transparent results, and by history.

Even without the heroism he displayed on 911, as our "de facto" President on the worst day of our national life, one cannot ask much more of a leader than this. Anyone who can turn New York City from a tense crime-ridden, ugly, mean-spirited, garbage-filled, urban sink-hole (which is all that it was when David Dinkins and Mario Coumo were mayors) into a sane, clean, center of urban excitement is my kind of leader.

Rudy's code of leadership may have been unorthodox and home-spun, but it was lethal in attacking NYC problems. The Rudy code was to: surround himself with competent people; use all good ideas that work, no matter from where they come, have a core set of beliefs and communicate them; plan and prepare relentlessly, set an example by actions, not by words; deal with first things first; be loyal and expect loyalty in return; stand up to bullies, cut no corners and make no assumptions.

Hence forth, like Rudy, all the candidates for the office of the presidency, should be forced to layout their respective codes of leadership and present to "the people" their plan of how they would use them to accomplish their goals while in office. Four Stars.