Lincoln and Grant's Teamwork: Keys to Their Civil War Success
Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant formed one of the most effective partnerships in history. The unheralded accomplishment of Lincoln and Grant was to balance the civilian-military relationship nearly as perfectly as it could be; that, along with winning the war, may be the greatest legacy these two handed down to us. To understand the reasons for their astounding mutual Civil War success, it is necessary to examine their similar personality traits, their interpersonal respect and loyalty, and major aspects of their working relationship.
This book has been excerpted directly from my full-blown study, Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War. The footnotes have been deleted and clarifying modifications made. Anyone interested in a full study of the backgrounds, Civil War experience, and successful working relationship of Lincoln and Grant should consult that book.
Instead, this book is intended to provide a synopsis of the keys to their successful teamwork during the Civil War. It provides insights into personal traits and divisions of responsibility that may prove useful to those interested in developing successful teams.
Author Ed Bonekemper discusses the shared personal traits that made Lincoln and Grant so successful. These were their humility, decisiveness, clarity of communications, moral courage and perseverance. He provides examples of these traits for both Lincoln and Grant.
Building on those traits, the two men developed interpersonal relations based on mutual respect and loyalty -- both of which increased as they worked for Union success in the Civil War. As the war progressed, so did their respect for and loyalty to each other. They covered each other's back.
After describing the development of their interpersonal relations, Bonekemper fleshes out their working relationship in vital areas. Those he describes are national policies, military strategy, military operations and tactics, military personnel decisions concerning manpower in the field (e.g., recruiting and use of black soldiers and prisoner-of-war exchange policies), and military personnel decisions concerning army generals (especially political generals).
The reader is left with an understanding of the factors that made the Lincoln-Grant relationship so successful that it has served as the model for relations between civilian and military leaders in a democracy. It is a model for successful partnerships and teamwork.
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This book has been excerpted directly from my full-blown study, Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War. The footnotes have been deleted and clarifying modifications made. Anyone interested in a full study of the backgrounds, Civil War experience, and successful working relationship of Lincoln and Grant should consult that book.
Instead, this book is intended to provide a synopsis of the keys to their successful teamwork during the Civil War. It provides insights into personal traits and divisions of responsibility that may prove useful to those interested in developing successful teams.
Author Ed Bonekemper discusses the shared personal traits that made Lincoln and Grant so successful. These were their humility, decisiveness, clarity of communications, moral courage and perseverance. He provides examples of these traits for both Lincoln and Grant.
Building on those traits, the two men developed interpersonal relations based on mutual respect and loyalty -- both of which increased as they worked for Union success in the Civil War. As the war progressed, so did their respect for and loyalty to each other. They covered each other's back.
After describing the development of their interpersonal relations, Bonekemper fleshes out their working relationship in vital areas. Those he describes are national policies, military strategy, military operations and tactics, military personnel decisions concerning manpower in the field (e.g., recruiting and use of black soldiers and prisoner-of-war exchange policies), and military personnel decisions concerning army generals (especially political generals).
The reader is left with an understanding of the factors that made the Lincoln-Grant relationship so successful that it has served as the model for relations between civilian and military leaders in a democracy. It is a model for successful partnerships and teamwork.
Lincoln and Grant's Teamwork: Keys to Their Civil War Success
Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant formed one of the most effective partnerships in history. The unheralded accomplishment of Lincoln and Grant was to balance the civilian-military relationship nearly as perfectly as it could be; that, along with winning the war, may be the greatest legacy these two handed down to us. To understand the reasons for their astounding mutual Civil War success, it is necessary to examine their similar personality traits, their interpersonal respect and loyalty, and major aspects of their working relationship.
This book has been excerpted directly from my full-blown study, Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War. The footnotes have been deleted and clarifying modifications made. Anyone interested in a full study of the backgrounds, Civil War experience, and successful working relationship of Lincoln and Grant should consult that book.
Instead, this book is intended to provide a synopsis of the keys to their successful teamwork during the Civil War. It provides insights into personal traits and divisions of responsibility that may prove useful to those interested in developing successful teams.
Author Ed Bonekemper discusses the shared personal traits that made Lincoln and Grant so successful. These were their humility, decisiveness, clarity of communications, moral courage and perseverance. He provides examples of these traits for both Lincoln and Grant.
Building on those traits, the two men developed interpersonal relations based on mutual respect and loyalty -- both of which increased as they worked for Union success in the Civil War. As the war progressed, so did their respect for and loyalty to each other. They covered each other's back.
After describing the development of their interpersonal relations, Bonekemper fleshes out their working relationship in vital areas. Those he describes are national policies, military strategy, military operations and tactics, military personnel decisions concerning manpower in the field (e.g., recruiting and use of black soldiers and prisoner-of-war exchange policies), and military personnel decisions concerning army generals (especially political generals).
The reader is left with an understanding of the factors that made the Lincoln-Grant relationship so successful that it has served as the model for relations between civilian and military leaders in a democracy. It is a model for successful partnerships and teamwork.
This book has been excerpted directly from my full-blown study, Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War. The footnotes have been deleted and clarifying modifications made. Anyone interested in a full study of the backgrounds, Civil War experience, and successful working relationship of Lincoln and Grant should consult that book.
Instead, this book is intended to provide a synopsis of the keys to their successful teamwork during the Civil War. It provides insights into personal traits and divisions of responsibility that may prove useful to those interested in developing successful teams.
Author Ed Bonekemper discusses the shared personal traits that made Lincoln and Grant so successful. These were their humility, decisiveness, clarity of communications, moral courage and perseverance. He provides examples of these traits for both Lincoln and Grant.
Building on those traits, the two men developed interpersonal relations based on mutual respect and loyalty -- both of which increased as they worked for Union success in the Civil War. As the war progressed, so did their respect for and loyalty to each other. They covered each other's back.
After describing the development of their interpersonal relations, Bonekemper fleshes out their working relationship in vital areas. Those he describes are national policies, military strategy, military operations and tactics, military personnel decisions concerning manpower in the field (e.g., recruiting and use of black soldiers and prisoner-of-war exchange policies), and military personnel decisions concerning army generals (especially political generals).
The reader is left with an understanding of the factors that made the Lincoln-Grant relationship so successful that it has served as the model for relations between civilian and military leaders in a democracy. It is a model for successful partnerships and teamwork.
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| BN ID: | 2940013458109 |
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| Publisher: | Edward Bonekemper |
| Publication date: | 11/14/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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