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eBook details
- Title: Military Books
- Author : Esprit De Corps
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: History,Books,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 42 KB
Description
Leadership is the second volume of the two volume autobiography of former Chief of Defense Staff General Rick Hillier. His first volume, entitled A Soldier First, was a conventional autobiography that was reviewed in these pages previously. This volume, Leadership, is a summary of the lessons learned as one of Canada's foremost practitioners of the art. Almost half of Hillier's thirty-five year career was spent in high command or staff positions, and much of that was during in the so-called "black decade" of the Canadian Forces, 1994 to 2004. Leadership is a well-written, easy read organized into fifty chapters, each of which relates a lesson learned, or a "point of wisdom". Collectively, these 'points of wisdom' are practical examples of a few principles of leadership, such as being seen by one's followers, having a vision of the future, selling the vision through enthusiasm, the classification of followers and how to deal with members of the different categories, the provision of an example and maintaining a brave exterior in the face of adversity. One can hear Hillier's voice and good humour in the prose.