Leadership is in crisis. In the rough seas of a borderless economy, the Internet, and outsourcing in turbulent markets, a seismic shift has changed the game. The days of the Great Man-whether a Churchill or Kennedy, even a Gates or Welch-are numbered. Virtually anyone can lead now. But how do you breed principled leaders for the twenty-first century? Is leadership a matter of DNA, culture, or coaching?The answer can be found in the 3,000-year-old tradition of Judaism. Jews are not called the People of the Book by accident. Torah, Talmud, and Kabbalah hold a powerful amalgam of life-and-death leadership stories and astonishingly practical lessons for twenty-first-century managers. In a unique synergy, Dr. Thomas Zweifel, Swiss Consulting Group CEO, Columbia professor, and author of leadership books like Communicate or Die and Culture Clash, teams up with Rabbi Aaron Raskin, Jewish leader, mensch, and author of Letters of Light, to blend the timeless wisdom of the Ten Commandments with a cutting-edge methodology based on twenty-five years of coaching leaders-a mix that provides winning tools for lasting success.
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The Rabbi and the CEO, was recently honored by being selected as a finalist in the Jewish Book Council's 2008 National Jewish Book Awards in the "Modern Jewish Thought & Experience" category. Mazel Tov! Thomas and Rabbi Raskin!
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Thomas Zweifel is CEO of Swiss Consulting Group and instructs business leadership and Columbia University. He is also author of "Culture Clash" and "Communicate or Die". Aaron Raskin comes from a long lineage of rabbis and community leaders. He was educated at the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva and the Rabbinical College of America. He is also author of "Letters of Light".
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Dr. Thomas D. Zweifel is a consultant at Insigniam Performance and the former CEO of Swiss Consulting Group. Since 1984, he has helped senior executives in numerous Fortune 500 companies, but also governments, the UN and the military, develop leadership and build high-performance teams in the action of meeting strategic and/or breakthrough objectives.
Having lived in Europe, India, Japan, and the United States, Dr. Zweifel serves as a source of power for leaders to cause desired outcomes while building the "3 Cs" (Co-leadership, Communication, Cross-cultural strategies) crucial to 21st-century managers.
Dr. Zweifel is an acclaimed author and internationally recognized expert in the field of global leadership development. Strategies based on his books are used by 30+ Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and corporations and governments on four continents. Dr. Zweifel's tools help clients think differently, build trust, restore vision, act strategically, and turn breakdowns into breakthroughs.
Since 2000, Dr. Zweifel has taught leadership to over 700 students at Columbia University, St. Gallen Business School, and business schools in Australia, Israel, and Switzerland to prepare them for executive leadership positions in all sectors. He serves on the faculty of the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL) program that assists senior managers in their leadership research and development.
Dr. Zweifel often appears in the media, including ABC News, Bloomberg TV, and CNN. A speaker for International Speakers Bureau, Vistage International, Brooks International Speakers Bureau, and European Speakers Academy, his interdisciplinary and action-packed global leadership keynotes and workshops are sought-after by government and business leaders alike.
Dr. Zweifel is the author of five books on co-leadership: Communicate or Die: Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening (SelectBooks, 2003); Democratic Deficit? Institutions and Regulation in the European Union, Switzerland, and the United States (Lexington Books, 2002); International Organizations: Democracy, Accountability, Power (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005); Culture Clash: Managing the Global High-Performance Team (SelectBooks, 2003); and The Rabbi and the CEO: The Ten Commandments for 21st Century Leaders (SelectBooks, 2008; with Aaron L. Raskin), a 2008 National Jewish Book Award finalist.
Born in Paris, Dr. Zweifel was educated in Switzerland, Germany and the United States, and is fluent in English, German, French, and Italian. He holds a master\'s degree in international affairs from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in International Political Economy from New York University. In 1996 he realized his dream of breaking three hours in the New York City Marathon, and in 1997 was recognized as the \"fastest CEO in the New York City Marathon.\" He is based in New York and Zurich, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
Q: How can someone named Zweifel (German for "Doubt") lead leaders?
The physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman once observed that "if we did not have doubt... we would not have any new ideas." Feynman wanted to "teach that doubt is not to be feared, but that it is to be welcomed as the possibility of a new potential for human beings. If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations." Or as the French philosopher Voltaire wrote centuries ago, "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." If more leaders had exercised some healthy skepticism, they would not find themselves in a crisis. Neither would we.
Q: What was your proudest achievement?
Coaching the leaders of a global energy company with 80 million customers to produce $1 more per customer in shops while spreading a culture of leadership and coaching in the organization. They achieved $73 million additional revenue in one year. I coached the President in leadership, delegation and succession strategy while expanding results. I coached the Managing Director to become a competent communicator, cut out wasteful talk and actions, and produce $7 million from bringing new products to market, while re-branding himself internally as a global marketing expert.
Q: What was your worst job ever?
Once I consulted an organization in which nobody listened. It was almost physically painful to be there. Listening is one of the most important and underrated attributes of strategy and leadership. When organizations don't institutionalize effective listening, they miss out on vital intelligence and come up with bad strategy. By contrast, effective listening is a low-cost, high-leverage investment in enhancing organizational performance.
Q: What was your toughest time ever?
When I lived and worked in India in 1987, I almost died of a double infection - bacterial and amoebic. The doctor came and said: "You must go to the hospital." I said: "No, I have no time for this. I got work to do." He simply slapped me in the face and took me to Bombay Hospital. I was in a room with eight others of various religious persuasions--Hindus and Buddhists, Catholics and Muslims. There was wailing and praying night and day. A nurse sat next to my bed for nine days and nights. Along with losing most of the water in my body, I hope I lost some arrogance and gained some humility.
Q: What is your greatest concern about the future?
Blind-spots. When leaders don't check their own cherished beliefs, they come up with bad intelligence, self-centered visions, misguided strategies, and unintended results. The current global crisis is only the latest fiasco that stems from too many leaders who lack a foundation of self-awareness.
For more, go to: Thomas Zweifel.com
Having lived in Europe, India, Japan, and the United States, Dr. Zweifel serves as a source of power for leaders to cause desired outcomes while building the "3 Cs" (Co-leadership, Communication, Cross-cultural strategies) crucial to 21st-century managers.
Dr. Zweifel is an acclaimed author and internationally recognized expert in the field of global leadership development. Strategies based on his books are used by 30+ Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and corporations and governments on four continents. Dr. Zweifel's tools help clients think differently, build trust, restore vision, act strategically, and turn breakdowns into breakthroughs.
Since 2000, Dr. Zweifel has taught leadership to over 700 students at Columbia University, St. Gallen Business School, and business schools in Australia, Israel, and Switzerland to prepare them for executive leadership positions in all sectors. He serves on the faculty of the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL) program that assists senior managers in their leadership research and development.
Dr. Zweifel often appears in the media, including ABC News, Bloomberg TV, and CNN. A speaker for International Speakers Bureau, Vistage International, Brooks International Speakers Bureau, and European Speakers Academy, his interdisciplinary and action-packed global leadership keynotes and workshops are sought-after by government and business leaders alike.
Dr. Zweifel is the author of five books on co-leadership: Communicate or Die: Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening (SelectBooks, 2003); Democratic Deficit? Institutions and Regulation in the European Union, Switzerland, and the United States (Lexington Books, 2002); International Organizations: Democracy, Accountability, Power (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005); Culture Clash: Managing the Global High-Performance Team (SelectBooks, 2003); and The Rabbi and the CEO: The Ten Commandments for 21st Century Leaders (SelectBooks, 2008; with Aaron L. Raskin), a 2008 National Jewish Book Award finalist.
Born in Paris, Dr. Zweifel was educated in Switzerland, Germany and the United States, and is fluent in English, German, French, and Italian. He holds a master\'s degree in international affairs from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in International Political Economy from New York University. In 1996 he realized his dream of breaking three hours in the New York City Marathon, and in 1997 was recognized as the \"fastest CEO in the New York City Marathon.\" He is based in New York and Zurich, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
Q: How can someone named Zweifel (German for "Doubt") lead leaders?
The physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman once observed that "if we did not have doubt... we would not have any new ideas." Feynman wanted to "teach that doubt is not to be feared, but that it is to be welcomed as the possibility of a new potential for human beings. If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations." Or as the French philosopher Voltaire wrote centuries ago, "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." If more leaders had exercised some healthy skepticism, they would not find themselves in a crisis. Neither would we.
Q: What was your proudest achievement?
Coaching the leaders of a global energy company with 80 million customers to produce $1 more per customer in shops while spreading a culture of leadership and coaching in the organization. They achieved $73 million additional revenue in one year. I coached the President in leadership, delegation and succession strategy while expanding results. I coached the Managing Director to become a competent communicator, cut out wasteful talk and actions, and produce $7 million from bringing new products to market, while re-branding himself internally as a global marketing expert.
Q: What was your worst job ever?
Once I consulted an organization in which nobody listened. It was almost physically painful to be there. Listening is one of the most important and underrated attributes of strategy and leadership. When organizations don't institutionalize effective listening, they miss out on vital intelligence and come up with bad strategy. By contrast, effective listening is a low-cost, high-leverage investment in enhancing organizational performance.
Q: What was your toughest time ever?
When I lived and worked in India in 1987, I almost died of a double infection - bacterial and amoebic. The doctor came and said: "You must go to the hospital." I said: "No, I have no time for this. I got work to do." He simply slapped me in the face and took me to Bombay Hospital. I was in a room with eight others of various religious persuasions--Hindus and Buddhists, Catholics and Muslims. There was wailing and praying night and day. A nurse sat next to my bed for nine days and nights. Along with losing most of the water in my body, I hope I lost some arrogance and gained some humility.
Q: What is your greatest concern about the future?
Blind-spots. When leaders don't check their own cherished beliefs, they come up with bad intelligence, self-centered visions, misguided strategies, and unintended results. The current global crisis is only the latest fiasco that stems from too many leaders who lack a foundation of self-awareness.
For more, go to: Thomas Zweifel.com
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By Henner Klein: Inspiring ¨good old values¨ for the future of business and finance,
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The book combines in an inspiring way the values and experiences of ancient religious traditions with the challenges of today's world. No surprise that a natural conclusion is: a bit more of the ¨good old values¨ would not be bad for the future world of business and finance.Henner Klein, Partner, A.T. Kearney
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Thomas Zwiefel is what I would call an Edgewalker. He is a global citizen who has the ability to walk between many worlds in a way that makes a profound difference to all he touches. This book is an example of an Edgewalker book in the way that it bridges ancient wisdom and modern dilemmas. The ancient wisdom of the Ten Commandments has survived because it works for humanity. The Rabbi and the CEO is a book that shows us in very specific ways how to live a life in the corporate world that honors the deepest spiritual values we hold. While based on Judaic tradition, the guidance of this book is valuable for anyone from any faith.We need more leaders to read this book and to take this message to heart. The world of business is transforming because it must, for all our sakes. The Rabbi and the CEO shows us how to take the steps that will transform our organizations so that our organizations can make a positive difference for the world.
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Great book! Would read it again,
This review is from: The Rabbi and the CEO: The Ten Commandments for 21st Century Leaders (Paperback)
This is a wonderful tool for all the people who want to apply leadership in their businesses and lives. The author brings the basic commands that a Rabbi follows and how they are really basic commands to lead a company too in a fun and truthful way. Enjoyed very much reading it, definitely a 5* book.
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