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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
Very good book. Dispels the myth of Lincoln and provides much information that the vast majority of American's don't ever learn. It accomplishes this while educating on Lincoln's personality and leadership skills. A very worthy read.
Overall, I found the book interesting and informative. The author gave a good overview of Lincoln's leadership skills and how they could be used by modern leaders.
Comparing it to Doris Kearns Goodwin's book "Team of Rivals", this was written more as a "this is what leaders need to do" rather than a historic biography of Lincoln and his political skills.
The author's depiction presented Lincoln as a subtle leader (most of the time). He would often go out and meet with his direct reports in their offices, residents, or in the field rather than calling them to the White House. That is, until one of his generals ignored him, at which time he made him come to him. He empowered his reports to make decisions and not be afraid to make mistakes. When dealing with others, he used persuasion rather than dictating what he wanted done.
He was not afraid to replace people until he found the right person for the job. He went through a number of generals before he promoted Grant, who was able to win the war. Don't hesitate to move people around to get the right person in the right position.
Lincoln is the template by which modern leaders should use to be successful and get the most out of their team.
Comparing it to Doris Kearns Goodwin's book "Team of Rivals", this was written more as a "this is what leaders need to do" rather than a historic biography of Lincoln and his political skills.
The author's depiction presented Lincoln as a subtle leader (most of the time). He would often go out and meet with his direct reports in their offices, residents, or in the field rather than calling them to the White House. That is, until one of his generals ignored him, at which time he made him come to him. He empowered his reports to make decisions and not be afraid to make mistakes. When dealing with others, he used persuasion rather than dictating what he wanted done.
He was not afraid to replace people until he found the right person for the job. He went through a number of generals before he promoted Grant, who was able to win the war. Don't hesitate to move people around to get the right person in the right position.
Lincoln is the template by which modern leaders should use to be successful and get the most out of their team.
The holy grain of leadership books, and the holy grail and essence of leadership - this book and the character of Abraham Lincoln serves up to that examples.
This is the first book that details Abe's visionary way of leadership by sourcing through countless books about Abraham Lincoln.
I thoroughly learned a lot from this book, and it s divided neatly. And at the end of each chapter there is a short anecdote/recollection of the lesson there.
I have incorporated some of Abe's leadership methods into my own life and I see his qualities in the qualities of successful leaders today even, hence this book hits the nail in originality straight!
I'd really recommend this book to those with responsibilities.
This is the first book that details Abe's visionary way of leadership by sourcing through countless books about Abraham Lincoln.
I thoroughly learned a lot from this book, and it s divided neatly. And at the end of each chapter there is a short anecdote/recollection of the lesson there.
I have incorporated some of Abe's leadership methods into my own life and I see his qualities in the qualities of successful leaders today even, hence this book hits the nail in originality straight!
I'd really recommend this book to those with responsibilities.
This book gives you more insight on leadership than many college textbooks I've read. I will give copies of this to any subordinates breaking into management fields.
I found this is to be an entertaining and extremely informative read. Great leadership lessons and insight into who Lincoln was as a man and leader. Other reviews said this was a dull and boring read, I disagree. I finished it in 4 hours becasue I was so immersed.
I read this book for an Executive Bookclub at my work, and I’m glad I did. More than learning about Lincoln’s leadership style, I heard that Lincoln was actually a pretty cool dude. I mean, this monstrously tall, unattractive guy with a sense of humor walked around the place telling people all these ridiculous stories instead of telling you what to do and let you figure out what conclusion to draw. I love that.
If anything, people should read this book just to read the stories Lincoln told people. My personal favorite was the horse chin-fly—you’ll get it if you read the book.
The fact that Lincoln would also make fun of himself for being so unattractive makes me love the guy.
Now that we know Lincoln was a hilarious and generally great SOB, we get into his leadership lessons. This book was great in that, obviously it’s not written by Lincoln, but there is so much original text straight from Lincoln’s hand and/or mouth, it literally feels like Lincoln is teaching you these lessons of leadership.
The book divides Lincoln’s leadership style into 4 parts: People, Character, Endeavor, and Communication. To be honest the People and Character sections were my favorite and provided the most value to me. (And they are probably the sections that are most needed in today’s world.)
I liked that historical context was given for each story presented on Lincoln’s leadership styles, but not so much history that it felt like a history lesson.
Overall, this is a well-balanced book that provides amazing historical context of what it was like to be Lincoln (and president) during the Civil War, and insights on how to be an effective leader that transcend time from my new favorite president Lincoln.
If anything, people should read this book just to read the stories Lincoln told people. My personal favorite was the horse chin-fly—you’ll get it if you read the book.
The fact that Lincoln would also make fun of himself for being so unattractive makes me love the guy.
Now that we know Lincoln was a hilarious and generally great SOB, we get into his leadership lessons. This book was great in that, obviously it’s not written by Lincoln, but there is so much original text straight from Lincoln’s hand and/or mouth, it literally feels like Lincoln is teaching you these lessons of leadership.
The book divides Lincoln’s leadership style into 4 parts: People, Character, Endeavor, and Communication. To be honest the People and Character sections were my favorite and provided the most value to me. (And they are probably the sections that are most needed in today’s world.)
I liked that historical context was given for each story presented on Lincoln’s leadership styles, but not so much history that it felt like a history lesson.
Overall, this is a well-balanced book that provides amazing historical context of what it was like to be Lincoln (and president) during the Civil War, and insights on how to be an effective leader that transcend time from my new favorite president Lincoln.
I read this for one of my graduate classes. A very good guide on the basic tenets of leadership. I enjoyed how all of the principles were so easily illustrated by events in Lincoln's presidency...made them more understandable. Plus I learned a lot about the Civil War! :)
A good summary of a lot of the principles that made Lincoln a great leader, but after I read Goodwin's excellent biography it just seemed superficial and poorly written. However, I still feel it is valuable as an easy read that points out a lot of great pieces of Lincoln's character.
It seems to me the author was really stretching the examples of Lincoln's life to make his actions fit with the principles he was presenting. Half of the principles were generalizations and the other half were just ridiculous sounding.