Publisher Description
The times are changing at an ever-increasing velocity. Old systems, organizations, and ways of operating no longer work in our dynamic, complex and increasingly unstable new environment. Out of this chaos and confusion, a new and different leader must emerge. Old systems and methods will no longer work.
Leading the Charge is a visionary leadership book that examines the trends that have reshaped our world and the ways in which leaders and organizations can effectively respond. Tomorrow's successful leaders—in all fields, including the military, academia, politics, and business—must know how to create, operate, and thrive in very fluid, flattened, and integrated structures that are remarkably different from the traditional organizations we are used to seeing. They will have to manage rapidly changing technology and flows of information, as well as create faster and more far-reaching spans of control.
Leading the Charge shows the way. It is an incisive and compelling guide to the new world of leadership, one that will prove indispensable for years to come. Organized around "Leading a New World," a revolutionary leadership course developed and taught by General Zinni at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University, Leading the Charge makes a convincing case that leaders must:
—change with the times to be relevant
—be ready for crisis mode at any given time
—have a moral compass and the ability to steer the company in the right direction
—be forward thinking, not reactive, to provide innovation and creativity
—develop other great leaders.
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A thoughtful and evocative lesson plan on leadership which is equally applicable to business leaders as well as military and political leaders.... Inspiring.
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Thomas J. Campbell, president of DC Capital Partners
About the Authors
Gen. Tony Zinni (ret.) was commander in chief of CENTCOM from 1997 to
2000, and Colin Powell’s special envoy to the Middle East from November
2002 to March 2003. He has also led special missions to Turkey,
Pakistan, Kenya, Russia, Yemen, Indonesia, the Philippines, and other
nations—a role he continues to serve in today. Among his many commands,
he has served as head of the Special Operations and Terrorism
Counteraction Section of the Marines; chief of staff of the Marine
Air-Ground Training and Education Center at Quantico; deputy director of
operations, US European Command; director of operations, Somalia task
force, 1992–1993; commander of the Combined Task Force protecting the
withdrawal of UN forces from Somalia, 1993; and commanding general, 1
Marine Expeditionary Force. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Tony Koltz, an American writer, is the author of two Choose Your Own Adventure books, The Vampire Express and Terror Island. He is also coauthor, with General Tony Zinni, of The Battle for Peace.
About George K. Wilson
George K. Wilson is a working actor in stage, film, television, and commercials with almost one hundred audiobook narrations to his credit. He began in broadcast journalism with American Forces Radio and Television and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He had a lead role in the cult film classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and appeared on television’s One Life to Live, Ryan’s Hope, and The Doctors and has been heard on voice-overs for The Guiding Light and The Cosby Show, as well as many television and radio commercials.