Letters from Leaders: Personal Advice for Tomorrow's Leaders from the World's Most Influential People
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Letters from Leaders: Personal Advice for Tomorrow's Leaders from the World's Most Influential People
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Overview
Possibly no one on Earth personally knows as many people at the helms of nations, businesses, religions, charitable organizations, and institutes of learning as Henry O. Dormann—founder, chairman, and editor-in-chief of LEADERS magazine, whose circulation is limited to such leading figures. Here, he brings together the first-ever exclusive collection of wisdom and inspiration addressed to young people from the world’s most influential people—advice on leadership, goal achievement, public service, and life journeys.
Letters from Leaders is a beautifully designed book comprising nearly eighty letters from those who have done so much to shape our world today—from Muhammad Ali to four U.S. Presidents, Mikhail Gorbachev, King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand and King Abdullah II of Jordan, and the Dalai Lama; from Cathie Black to T. Boone Pickens, Muriel Siebert, and Donald Trump. The letters, some as facsimile reproductions of handwritten originals, are each introduced with a biographical note by Dormann.
As put so aptly by Dormann in his introduction, “All kings and queens, presidents, Nobel Laureates, chairmen and chairwomen, CEOs, and world leaders have one thing in common: They want what they have achieved to be useful and to be handed over to a younger generation. . . . The leaders in these pages have ‘lived’ and now offer their experiences as a treasure to ambitious and open minds—those who want to be something in life.”
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781599217468 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 05/21/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 264 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Contents
The Road to Success
Introduction
Leading Off With “The Greatest”
1) Muhammad Ali—former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World: The
Greater the Obstacle, The More Glorious the Moment of Success
Letters and Numbers
2) Sumner Redstone—3) John Teets—4) Muriel “Mickie” Siebert—Founder, Chairwoman & Chief Executive Officer, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.: The First Woman of Finance’s Top Ten
5) Jean-Pierre Garnier—CEO, GlaxoSmithKline: Eight Keys to the Good Life
6) Oswald Gruebel—Former CEO, Credit Suisse Group: 75% About the Future
7) James D. Robinson, III—General Partner, RRE Ventures: Leadership, One through Ten
8) Elias Zerhouni, M.D.—9) Cathie Black—10) Howard J. Rubenstein—11) Joseph H. Flom—: No Magic Formula
Presidential Advice
12) Gerald R. Ford13) Jimmy Carter—39th President of the United States: Expand Your Hearts and Minds
14) George H.W. Bush—Top Ten List
15) George W. Bush—and Stand By It
A Global Summit
16) King Abdullah, II— 17) The Dalai Lama: Love and Compassion
18) Mikhail Gorbachev—International: All People Are Brethren
19) Vladimir Putin—Diligence Is the Mother of Success
20) Nursultan Nazarbayev—Right? 21) Lee Hsien Loong—Scratch
22) Mohammed Mahathir—Former Prime Minister, Malaysia: It’s Worth Trying
23) Roh Tae Woo—Formulated Decisions
Globalization
24) G. Allen Andreas—: The Greatest
Education Possible 25) Lee Kuan Yew—Globalization
26) Donald Trump—: The
World Is a Big Place
27) Richard S. Fuld—Chairman & CEO, Lehman Brothers: Connect the Dots
Claiming Your Place In the World
28) Lord E. John P. Browne—Strong Core
29) Tony Hall—CEO, Royal Opera House, London: Many Different Roles
30) Thomas Hoving—Everybody Wants You
31) David Keough—: A Little
Decision
32) David Rockefeller, Jr.—Member of the Board, Rockefeller Financial
Services: Dig In
33) David Tang— 34) James Tisch—: Go Against the Grain
Passion and Job Satisfaction
35) John F. Welch—Former CEO, General Electric: Something That Really
Turns Your Crank
36) Maurice (Hank) Greenberg—: Passion
37) Joseph R. Gromek—: The First Place
to Start
Focus/Dedication
38) Henry Kaufman— 39) Gary Mirabelle—Sculptor, Stricoff Gallery: Absurdly Dedicated
40) Ray Kelly— 41) Leon Lederman—Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 1988, Director Emeritus,
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: Total Obsessive Dedication
42) Dean Kamen—President, DEKA Research: You Make the Choice
43) Richard LeFrak—: For Lack of an
Epiphany
Renaissance People
44) Giampiero Bodino—Your Creativity 45) John Brennan—: Values Match and
Adventurousness
46) Jeremy Isaacs—: A Virtual Helicopter
View
47) Stephan Rojahn—Chairman of the Board of Management, for Greater Responsibilities
48) Doreen Toben—: Broaden Your
Outlook
Mentors and Role Models
49) Dr. Josef Ackerman—Chairman of Deutsche Bank: Stay Focused
50) Robert Keith Gray—: Your Mother’s
Expectations
51) Jurgen Hambrecht—to Help
52) Stephen Joel Trachtenberg— 53) Warren Washington—Senior Scientist,
Working with Others
54) Kathryn Wylde—New York City Partnership: Partnerships
that Change the World
55) James Turley—: Integrity, Respect,
and Teaming
56) Li Ka-shing—Chairman, Cheung Kong Holdings: Fairness
57) Charles Holliday—: Not a Beauty Contest
58) Maria Razumich-Zec—: Your Reputation and Integrity are Everything
59) Farooq Kathwari—: Shape the
Debate
60) Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder—Former Chairman, Volkswagen: Listen Up!
61) Shelly Lazarus—
62)
That Mistake
63) Beth Brooke—: Use Your Platform
Working for Others
64) His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej—King of Thailand: The Pure Soul
65) Ambassador William Holbrooke—Service
66) John D. Negroponte—Undersecretary of State, United States of America: A
Life in Public Service
67) Diana DeGette—Member of Congress: The Benefit of Changing Lives
Optimism/Overcoming Challenges
68) Vahid Alaghband—Chairman, Balli Klockner: Look for That Silver Lining
69) T. Boone Pickens— 70) Peter Peterson—Chairman, Blackstone Group: An Exuberant Confidence in
the Future
71) Marie McKee—President & Chief Executive Officer, Steuben Glass: When a
Door Closes, Another Opens
Wisdom Inherited
72) Dr. Anton Rupert—Founder, Rembrandt Group: Proverbs
73) Gerhard Schroder—Former Chancellor, The Federal Republic of Germany:
The Categorical Imperative
74) Leo Hindrey, Jr.—Managing Partner, InterMedia Partners: Meteors Who
Light Our world
75) Leslie E. Bains—Vice Chairman Modern Bank, N.A.: A Why to Live
76) Jean Afterman—
To Be or Not To Be
77) Walter Cronkite— Journalist: Be Prepared
78) William Harrison—: Be
a Leader
A Final Note on Real Success
79) Theodore Forstmann—: Real
Wealth Is Not Physical
Acknowledgments