In extremis leadership leading as if your life depended on it

In this book, Colonel Thomas Kolditz, a professor at West Point and an on-the-ground military leader, shows how extreme life-and-death leadership skills can offer profound lessons for leaders in any setting. Kolditz explains that his research on in extremis leadership situations, where followers per...

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Main Author: Kolditz, Thomas A., 1956-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, Ã2007.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Key characteristics of in extremis leaders, and how they are relevant in all organizations
  • In extremis lessons for business and life : strengthening your own leadership by example
  • The in extremis leadership model : what it is, why it works, and how to use it
  • Learning about fear and leadership from dangerous settings : handling emotion during in extremis situations
  • Leading when tragedy strikes : learning to cope with loss
  • Building teams that build leaders : an in extremis case study.