Be Know Do: Leadership the Army Way, Adapted from the Official Army Leadership Manual

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• Know
• Do

"The Army does two things each and every day: it trains its soldiers, and it grows them into leaders. The principles and practices of effective leadership that make the United States Army the greatest landforce in the world are relevant, as well, to civilian organizations–businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies."
–from the Introduction by Frances Hesselbein and General Eric K. Shinseki (USA Ret.)

"The Army trains and develops more leaders than do all other institutions together–and with a lower casualty rate. Be, Know, Do shows how this is being done–and how it can be adapted by the nonmilitary: businesses, colleges and universities, nonprofits, and churches."
–Peter F. Drucker

"So you want to be a leader? Be, Know, Do tells you how, through an insightful combination of lessons from the Army’s battle-focused training manual and a series of organizational leadership case studies."
–Regina E. Herzlinger, professor, Harvard Business School, and mother of Captain Alexander Herzlinger, U.S. Army Infantry

"Great leaders develop leaders at all levels who lead with integrity and values, are able to take action, and can make things happen. This book shows us how the very successful U.S. Army leadership development principles, be, know, do, have built one of the world’s most successful leadership pipelines. Anyone who wants to lead well and develop leadership at all levels should read this book."
–Noel M. Tichy, professor, University of Michigan Business School, and author of The Cycle of Leadership (with Nancy Cardwell)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780787970833
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/20/2004
Edition number: 1
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 249,631
Series: J-B Leader to Leader Institute/PF Drucker Foundation Series , #81
Product dimensions: 6.46 (w) x 9.11 (h) x 0.79 (d)

Meet the Author

Frances Hesselbein is chairperson of governors of the Leader to Leader Institute and editor-in-chief of its journal Leader to Leader. Hesselbein served as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. from 1976 to 1990. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor.

General Erik Shinseki (Ret.) is the former Chief of Staff of the United States Army. He is widely hailed as the person who led the transformation of the United States Army from a heavy and immobile organization to an effective combat force.

Richard E. Cavanagh is president and CEO of the Conference Board. He joined the Conference Board after serving as executive dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Formerly he worked with McKinsey & Company, Inc.

	Foreword
	Introduction
1	What a Leader Must Be, Know, and Do	1
2	The Character of Leaders	23
3	People Are at the Core	45
4	Leading from the Front	69
5	It Takes a Team	85
6	Managing Complexity, Leading Change	107
7	Building and Leading Learning Organizations	131
	Conclusion	153
	Notes	161
	Index	167

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Anonymous

Posted March 9, 2004

Packed with Good Advice for Leaders

I'm a real fan of leadership books, and this is one of the best I've read. I just got this book a few days ago, and blazed right through it. It's a quick read, concise, but packed with good stuff. The cover is a bit misleading. This is NOT an adaptation of the Army Leadership Manual. The authors interpret the manual and explain how the Army's leadership principles apply all the time, everywhere-in business as well as the military. In the Army, leaders need to lead men into battle, and keep them cohesive in the face of danger and death. How do you do that? It's not about shouting orders, the book makes clear. It's about taking responsibility and leading from the front, sharing risks with your people, and forging your own character so that you deserve to lead. This book shows you how to do that, and how that kind of leadership works just as well in business. It doesn't make this kind of leadership sound easy, because its not. But it does show that if you're willing to do the work and adopt the discipline, you can be a leader. There is nothing political about the book, but when I finished reading it, I couldn't help thinking that the current occupant of the White House should read it. Then he would know what REAL leadership is all about.

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