Get Off Your Horse!: Fifty-Two Succinct Leadership Lessons from U.S. Presidents

Do you, like President Washington, perceive yourself to be a leadership impostor dreading the moment when your followers figure out that you are not the leader they think you are? Are you as empathetic a leader as President Lincoln? Will you take an ethical stand when facing great pressure as President Theodore Roosevelt did? Whether you are an experienced leader or just beginning your leadership journey, Get Off Your Horse! Fifty-Two Succinct Leadership Lessons from U.S. Presidents is designed to enhance and develop your leadership skills by interweaving the latest scientific research with historical stories of U.S. presidents. With a different leadership lesson for each week of the year, maybe it's time for you to get off your horse.

After serving 25 years as a Special Agent in the FBI, Michael "Bret" Hood became the director of 21st Century Learning & Consulting, LLC upon his retirement in 2016. During his tenure with the FBI, Bret led and served in three different divisions finishing his career by spending the last four years as an adjunct professor of leadership for the University of Virginia at the prestigious FBI National Academy. In 2010, Bret was selected to be part of an elite team tasked to develop a new executive leadership program for the FBI. As such, Bret joined the FBI Academy staff in 2012 and created unique and interactive courses on the psychology behind leadership, executive leadership, ethics, decision-making and contemporary issues in leadership. In addition to these duties, Bret has led over 70 international delegations on behalf of the FBI teaching our foreign law enforcement partners about leadership, financial crimes, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption prevention and investigation. Bret has also worked with various private sector entities facilitating discussions about the psychology of the leader/follower relationship. Since retiring, Bret has traveled around the world teaching leadership and financial crime to members of various public and private sector entities, which include among others, Coca-Cola, Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, Google, Kansas City Police Department, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Bret is also the author of the critically acclaimed book, Eat More Ice Cream: A Succinct Leadership Lesson for Each Week of the Year.