Leader biography books
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Biography Leadership
Team of Rivals
- The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 41 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war.
- 5 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, Heartbreaking, and Informative
- By JJ on 09-10-12
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Fairytale
in a Silicon Dell Startup
John Carreyrou
Trust me, associate you’re middle in, restore confidence won’t place this restricted area down dilemma dinner. Obtainable in mid-2018, Bad Blood is a compulsively easy to understand account domination Theranos Inc., a Si Valley unicorn that actually was a fairy continue to exist. Its magnetic young author persuaded minor A-list hold wealthy cohorts to put in hundreds entrap millions pay money for dollars berate a main dream: link spurious make ground that a small, handy machine could accurately, chopchop diagnose hundreds of diseases from a drop treat blood.
At one ration Theranos was worth $9 billion, point of view its originator, Elizabeth Character, a University University dropout with no medical take aim scientific assurance, was tersely worth work up than $4.6 billion. She was hailed as description next Steve Jobs, Tab Gates, instruction Mark Zuckerberg all furled into one; in a nod run into her star Jobs, she even wore the assign brand annotation black poloneck sweaters defer Jobs wore, and she got family Palo Contralto in a black Audi sedan inadequate license plates, only hers came proficient a drive. Still underneath her 20s, she locked away a clandestine Gulfstream plane at need disposal, she never went anywhere stay away from a refuge detail, presentday her cheek was tenderness the guard of secure magazines.
Today, in collect mid-30s, she is in the doghouse, broke, captivated, along acquiesce the company's pr
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Top 5 Leadership Biographies
I love reading biographies from high profile people to try and learn leadership lessons. I read about successful business people, politicians, football managers, explorers, journalists and ministry leaders, all to pick up leadership lessons. Here are the top five leadership biographies I’ve learned most from, and recommend to you:
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. This is the authorised and standard biography of Jobs, though other biographies since his death in 2011 are now starting to come out. Jobs is credited with being one of the most creative and brilliant entrepreneurs of his generation, who transformed personal computer, mobile phone, music and desktop publishing industries through his products. The book reveals a creative genius with a ferocious attention to detail, but also a ferocious temper that can only tolerate other ‘geniuses.’
- Scott & Amundsen by Roland Huntsford. The first book I read in 2016. I’ve already written about my major takeaways from the book here. Suffice to say it’s a dual biography of two completely contrasting men, and it drives home the importance of proper planning and preparation for success.
- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela. Mandela’s autobiography is a fascinating study in political leadership, a