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Thursday, July 9, 2009
 
 
BOOKS
Churchill on Leadership
Executive Success in the Face of Adversity
 
 
Random House
 
 
Paperback
 
9.25'' x 5.75''
 
224 pages
 
ISBN: 0761514406
 
 
Examination Copies
This book examines, for the first time, Winston Churchill's executive side. Here he is portrayed not as a mythic historical figure but rather as a role model for today's executives and managers.
 

This book was previously published in 1998 by Crown Publishing Group.

This book examines, for the first time, Churchill's executive side. Here he's portrayed not as a mythic historical figure but rather as a role model for today's executives and managers. With wit and insight, historian Steven F. Hayward reveals Churchill's secrets for business success--from assembling and inspiring a first-rate team for preparing a wise budget, from communicating a vision to structuring effective meetings, from acting decisively to rebounding from failure. Hayward concludes each chapter with a brief summary of the extraordinary lessons learned.

Steven F. Hayward is the F. K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at AEI.

 

 
Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: The World of Politics and the World of Commerce

  1. Keys to Understanding Churchill
  2. The Executive Churchill: A Brief Survey of His Career in Public Office
  3. Confronting Failure and Learning from Mistakes
  4. Churchill on Administration: Responsibility and Organization
  5. Churchill on Personnel: Managing People and Managing Yourself 
  6. The Power of Decision: Churchill's Thought Process
  7. Churchill the Communicator
  8. Churchill's Personal Traits: The Completion of Leadership
  9. Churchill the Inventor and Innovator
  10. Substance over Style

Appendix A: Biographical Sketch of Churchill's Executive Career