The Persuasive Leader Lessons from the Arts

The life and times of an extraordinary woman leaderA Life of Leadership is autobiographical narrative, written in a personal, intimate tone that delivers key leadership lessons applicable to leaders in every walk of life from a pioneer for women, volunteerism, diversity and opportunity. Tracing Frances Hesselbein's development as a leader, the book tells her inspirational story around a dozen guiding principles. The stories include the critical moments that shaped the Presidential Medal of Freedon winner personally and professionally: stories from her childhood in the mountains of western Pennsylvania, her days as a Girl Scout troop leader to reluctantly taking over as CEO of the Girl Scouts and then transforming that organization, being handpicked by Peter Drucker to found and lead the Drucker Foundation and more. Offers an inside look into the personal and professional life of an exceptional woman leader Reveals why Peter Drucker chose Hesselbein to lead his foundation Includes personal stories about John Gardner, Max DePree, President Clinton, Jim Collins, Marshall Goldsmith, General Eric Shinseki and many others notable leadersEach chapter includes an inspirational story, a key lesson, and shows how any leader can apply these lessons in their daily life.

Stephen J. Carroll is a retired professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, who now works as a private consultant. During his career he has authored twelve books on psychology and organizational behaviour. He has served as a consultant to more than 30 industrial and government organizations and is a regular speaker at the University of Maryland and Syracuse University executive courses. He is best known for his books on performance assessment and leadership.  He first developed the idea for this book in his courses for company executives where he found they responded particularly well to the case examples from the arts and from day to day life.

Patrick C Flood is an Academic Fellow at Cambridge University. He has worked at the London Business School, University of Maryland, University of Limerick, Dublin City University and the London School of Economics. He is known primarily for his work on leadership teams and firm performance. His books include Effective Top Management Teams (2001, Blackwelll; Managing Strategy Implementation (with S.J.Carroll, Blackwell, 2000) (5000 copies sold over life) and Managing without Traditional Methods (Addison Wesley, 1996). He is currently external examiner at SAID business school and consults for the following companies: Pernod Ricard-Irish Distillers; Nypro-Clinton(US); Hewlett Packard (UK), Wang, Paul Partnership and VEC, Novartis, Nortel, ICL (UK), NHS(UK).