In Extremis Leadership: Leading as If Your Life Depended on It Hardcover - 2007
by Thomas A. Kolditz; Foreword by Joseph W. Pfeifer
From the rear cover
"In Extremis Leadership transforms the formerly anecdotal study of combat leadership into solid behavioral and social science that will improve leadership across the private, public, and social sectors."
--General Eric Shinseki, U.S. Army, retired, former Chief of Staff
In this extraordinary book, Colonel Thomas Kolditz--a professor at West Point and an on-the-ground military leader--shows how extreme life-and-death leadership skills can offer profound lessons for leaders in any setting.
In a clear and compelling manner, Kolditz explains that his research on in extremis leadership situations, where followers perceive their lives to be threatened, reveals that the leadership lessons and principles in evidence in dangerous settings also apply to leading in business and everyday life. Kolditz describes a variety of high-risk situations that are ideal settings to seek and find great leaders, assess how they might be different, and glean valuable insights for extraordinary leadership in our everyday lives. Through heart-stopping real-life stories of leaders in these extreme situations, Kolditz insists that leaders at all levels can improve their effectiveness.
The book is filled with compelling in-depth interviews with such in extremis leaders as chiefs of SWAT teams, mountain-climbing guides, leaders of large-formation skydiving events, the U.S. Military Academy's national champion parachute team, and team leaders in football, wrestling, swimming, and rugby, as well as the first armored cavalry commander to roll his tanks into the fiery streets of Baghdad in 2003. Kolditz challenges us to learn from their experiences and honor their commitment and sacrifices by serving the people around us and leading as if our lives depended on it.
This authentic perspective on leadership will help cut through faddish, flavor-of-the-month leadership approaches and make anyone better at leading and being led.
From the jacket flap
"In Extremis Leadership transforms the formerly anecdotal study of combat leadership into solid behavioral and social science that will improve leadership across the private, public, and social sectors."
--General Eric Shinseki, U.S. Army, retired, former Chief of Staff
In this extraordinary book, Colonel Thomas Kolditz--a professor at West Point and an on-the-ground military leader--shows how extreme life-and-death leadership skills can offer profound lessons for leaders in any setting.
In a clear and compelling manner, Kolditz explains that his research on in extremis leadership situations, where followers perceive their lives to be threatened, reveals that the leadership lessons and principles in evidence in dangerous settings also apply to leading in business and everyday life. Kolditz describes a variety of high-risk situations that are ideal settings to seek and find great leaders, assess how they might be different, and glean valuable insights for extraordinary leadership in our everyday lives. Through heart-stopping real-life stories of leaders in these extreme situations, Kolditz insists that leaders at all levels can improve their effectiveness.
The book is filled with compelling in-depth interviews with such in extremis leaders as chiefs of SWAT teams, mountain-climbing guides, leaders of large-formation skydiving events, the U.S. Military Academy's national champion parachute team, and team leaders in football, wrestling, swimming, and rugby, as well as the first armored cavalry commander to roll his tanks into the fiery streets of Baghdad in 2003. Kolditz challenges us to learn from their experiences and honor their commitment and sacrifices by serving the people around us and leading as if our lives depended on it.
This authentic perspective on leadership will help cut through faddish, flavor-of-the-month leadership approaches and make anyone better at leading and being led.
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- Title In Extremis Leadership: Leading as If Your Life Depended on It
- Author Thomas A. Kolditz; Foreword by Joseph W. Pfeifer
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Jossey-Bass, NY
- Date 2007-06-11
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780787996048 / 0787996041
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9.12 x 6.4 x 0.95 in (23.16 x 16.26 x 2.41 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Leadership, Crisis management
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007013438
- Dewey Decimal Code 658.409
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