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Leadership

Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times

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Leadership

Written by: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Narrated by: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Richard Thomas, Jay O. Sanders, David Morse
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Leadership written and read by Doris Kearns Goodwin, with additional narration from Beau Bridges, David Morse, Jay O. Sanders and Richard Thomas.

Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the leader make the times or do the times make the leader?

In Leadership Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking back to their first entry into public life, when their paths were filled with confusion, hope, and fear, we can share their struggles and follow their development into leaders.

Leadership tells the story of how they all collided with dramatic reversals that disrupted their lives and threatened to forever shatter their ambitions. Nonetheless, they all emerged fitted to confront the contours and dilemmas of their times.

No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities and temperament, they shared a fierce ambition, a hunger to succeed beyond expectations. All four, at their best, were guided by a sense of moral purpose that led them at moments of great challenge to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others.

This seminal work provides a roadmap for aspiring and established leaders. In today's polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in times of fracture and fear take on a singular urgency.

©2018 Doris Kearns Goodwin (P)2018 Penguin Audio
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"Well-researched and well-written... Superb." (Professor Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny)

"A marvelous banquet with four great presidents who provide lessons for all. Pull up a chair." (Warren Buffett)

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Well researched and narrated.

Is so well written and narrated I could feel the dilemmas and confusion of the situation the presidents went through. I could also feel their joy when they succeded at their fulfillment. I take a number of lessons from this book

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Gripping. Moving. Deep

loved the multiple styles of narration. journey to leadership is more insightful than the presidency itself. the choices they made, the flaws in character, the bouts of depression and above all the situational relevance of their leadership style flips the oversimplified narrative of history about these great leaders.

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