Leave a Legacy: Reflections on the Strategies of Great Leadership

by R. Stewart Fisher, John Wooden (Introduction)

Overview

U.S. Navy Captain and former Commanding Officer Stew Fisher has the wisdom of years of experience leading men and women in large organizations. In this book, he highlights some of the great leaders of history who have inspired him: Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many others who brought about great change to society through their own ability to lead. Stew Fisher is still a student of leadership and this book will benefit others with his own experiences and studies. It starts with self-mastery: striving for excellence, not perfection. He then walks the reader through how to improve on personal interactions and then extending that to team leadership. Finally, he concludes with leaving a legacy and a legion of future leaders. Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who wrote the Foreword before he passed away, had this to say about Leave a Legacy:

"Stew reveals the secrets great leaders have known throughout the ages: Inspiring leadership comes from the heart, not the head. Too often, however, the leadership we see being used today focuses on �management techniques� and totally misses what true leadership really is. Leave a Legacy is a timeless and wonderful book that you will want to keep on the shelf and refer to often. It explores the very same principles I used in my long coaching career at UCLA, and more importantly, as a father and a husband."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149234653
Publisher:	Signalman Publishing
Publication date:	05/06/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	134
File size:	752 KB

About the Author

Stew is a 1971 cum laude graduate of the Naval Academy. He retired from the Navy as a Captain in 1998 after 31 years of service spanning the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. He led a helicopter combat search and rescue/special operations squadron in Desert Storm working with Navy SEAL teams and later commanded 2000 men and women at Naval Air Stations Pt. Mugu, Lemoore, and China Lake, California. He has received numerous awards including the Air Medal, Legion of Merit, Presidential Unit Citation, Meritorious Service Medal, and Navy Commendation Medal. He attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., and served in the Secretary of the Navy�s Total Quality Leadership Office. He authored and taught many of the Navy�s quality and leadership courses and was a Strategic Planning Instructor/Facilitator.

In his civilian career, Stew has developed �The Lighthouse: Advanced Leadership Seminar.� It explores the secrets of great leaders, past and present. Stew is also an FAA flight instructor in both fixed-wing and helicopter aircraft, and a black belt in the martial art of Aikido. He lives in Camarillo, California, and Trenton, Michigan, with his wife, Yolanda.