The Secret Language of Leadership

Best Business Books of 2007

On December 8, 2007, the Financial Times selected The Secret Language of Leadership as #2 in its list of the Best Business Books of 2007.

On December 17, 2007, 800_CEO_READ published its selection of the Best Business Books of 2007. The Secret Language of Leadership was included as one of the top four books on leadership.

THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF LEADERSHIP.

“If business leaders do not immediately grasp the vital insights offered by this book, both they and their organisations are doomed.” Financial Times, August 29, 2007

An Inconvenient Truth for Republicans

My previous entry discussed Hillary. A similar message is equally applicable to Republicans, as explained in a current New Yorker article:

“In every Republican debate, [Romney] glows with the bright effervescence of a born salesman. But a political campaign may not be as susceptible to the strategies of management consulting as a business, where advising a corporation to reinvent itself is standard practice. Romney’s strategic audit of the 2008 campaign suggested that his party was hungry for a reliable Republican. For Romney, the danger is that of going too far in attempting to please every constituency. In doing so, he may have underestimated the importance of authenticity, an asset that in politics is sometimes more valuable than ideological purity.”

Read the full article at here