Churchill on leadership - Steven F Hayward

Success often depends on the strength of a single quality: leadership. Winston Churchill
is universally recognized as one of the 20th century's great political leaders and
his words ring just as true in the world of commerce. A wise, witty, and inspiring
leader, Churchill ran Great Britain like a great corporation.

"Perhaps the finest
book on practical leadership ever written." - Brian Tracy

Churchill on Leadership
demonstrates that the principles that guided Churchill ably translate to private
industry today. Author Steven F. Hayward gives strong evidence that, if you remove
Churchill from his political context, he would have the resume to be among the great
business leaders of any age. Churchill:


was a financier (as chancellor of the
Exechequer) and labor negotiator (as home secretary)

managed a large transportation
network (as head of the British Navy) and far-flung property holdings (as colonial
secretary)

persevered through bankruptcies and other financial disasters

conceived
and introduced innovative new products over the opposition of his colleagues, and
reorganized major production operations in the midst of crisis.

With wit and insight,
Hayward reveals Churchill's secrets for business success from assembling and inspiring
a first-rate team to preparing a wise budget, from communicating a vision to structuring
effective meetings, from acting decisively to rebounding from a failure. Laced with
epochal events from the historical stage, enlivened with stimulating speculation,
and leavened with wit, Churchill on Leadership is both an enjoyable read and a thought-provoking
lesson on leadership.