- ISBN13: 9780814405437
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
- Notes:
It is ironic that a 90-year-old story of courage and endurance should have lessons for the Internet Age-but it does! Anyone attempting to lead in the face of uncertainty and adversity will learn much from this tremendously engaging and compelling book.
DAVID A. NADLER, Chairman, Delta Consulting Group, Inc., and author of Champions of Change and Competing by Design Perkins offers a unique and refreshing perspective on the challenge of leadership. Hi… More >>
#1 by Anonymous on April 22, 2010 - 11:27 pm
This is the type of book that you will seek out over and over again as you gain insight and understanding into your own individual leadership. Key strategies taught through this powerful story have helped guide me through the work that I have done and continue to do. The concept of teaching through storytelling captures the reader in an emotional way and imprints the learning so that the experience is long rememberd.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Mr. Salvador Ramos Jr. on April 23, 2010 - 2:03 am
As a retired US Army Reserve Captain, I am no stranger to leadership and this book is a great lesson on how to lead people in the hardest of circumstances. If you are in a leadership position of any kind, you must read this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Robert Mahfoud on April 23, 2010 - 3:39 am
The story of Shackelton is in itself fascinating. This book does a good job in balancing the historical narrative and the lessons drawn from them into the business realm. It contains some really intresting case studies about equally big sagas in the business world, such as AT&T/Lucent and a few others.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Doug Gray on April 23, 2010 - 5:28 am
As a former Outward Bound instructor who loves adventure, I found this book riveting. As a business coach I know that learning occurs when we are on the edge, in a little less familiar place. This story supplements the narratives about Shackleton because Perkins takes the story and applies it to leadership. Hence, it becomes contemporary. I liked some of his points so much that I referenced him in my book. I strongly encourage you to read this book. Doug Gray, PCC, author of [ASIN:0975884158 Passionate Action: 5 Steps to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work]]sionate Action.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Steven L. Busch on April 23, 2010 - 7:41 am
Perkins uses Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition of the early 1900’s to identify ten leadership strategies. These stategies have proven useful for me in both military and civilian business settings. Perkins uses real-life examples form the Shackleton expedition in Part One to identify the strategies. In Part Two he uses recent (from when the book was written) business example to demonstrate how these strategies can be applied. This is an easy read and the stories of the Shackleton expedition helped keep my focus on the people that we lead while keeping the ultimate goal in sight. The title of this book applies whether you are leading at the edge of the world, the edge of survival, or at the edge of competition.
“Fortitudine Vincimus”!
Rating: 5 / 5