Leadership

Giuliani, Rudolph W.; Kurson, Ken [Collaborator]

ISBN 10: 0786868414 / ISBN 13: 9780786868414

Published by Hyperion, 2002

About this Item

No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; Former NYC Mayor Giuliani gives readers a minute-by-minute account of his actions and decisions in the aftermath of the Sept. 11th disaster and shares the principles of leadership that proved so reliable and effective during that difficult time.

Seller Inventory # 037800

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leadership
• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786868414
• ISBN 13: 9780786868414
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 26 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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Synopsis

New York City's "mayor of the world" describes the dynamic management, decision-making, and leadership skills that made him a success as a prosecutor and as mayor of New York City and explains how these principles helped him cope with the day-to-day running of a city, budget and human issues, and the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001. 200,000 first printing.

Reviews

This highly anticipated book from New York's once controversial, now beloved former mayor opens with a gripping account of Giuliani's immediate reaction to the September 11 attacks, including a narrow escape from the original crisis command headquarters, and closes with the efforts to address the aftermath during his remaining four months in office. But, he argues, he did not suddenly become a great leader on September 11, and "had been doing [my] best to take on challenges my whole career." The bulk of the book draws on his experiences as a corporate lawyer and U.S. attorney and then as mayor. The leadership principles he champions preparation, accountability and strong self-definition chief among them come as no surprise, but the stories he uses as examples are filled with vivid scenes and organized with a veteran trial lawyer's flair for maximum effect. Apart from a few childhood anecdotes, he shies away from his personal life and recalls his abandoned Senate campaign against Hillary Clinton only as one factor in his decisions about dealing with prostate cancer. Throughout, he displays the hands-on management that marked his administration, including his willingness to respond swiftly and in person to crises, to prove that he could be relied on when the city needed him most. While some critics found his style too aggressive, he has an effective counterargument: "Before September 11, there were those who said we were being overly concerned [about security]," he observes. "We didn't hear that afterwards..
-," he observes. "We didn't hear that afterwards."
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