The New Art of the Leader
by William A. Cohen

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Book Review: Great Read: Instructive, comfortable, inspirational,
Summary: 5 Stars

In fifteen chapters, Cohen covers a wide range of leadership topics. Understandably, there's a lot of the military model here, but it will surprise you. You'll read about tactics and you'll learn about caring. You'll learn about accountability and you'll read about morale. Several of the chapters are organized with three steps, four tactics, seven actions. Yes, this may be a military sort of model, but it's also good writing and reading.

The book is filled with anecdotes, practical stuff that you can sink your teeth into. The examples, mostly from the military environment, effectively illustrate the numerous points Cohen makes. The military examples are from present day and historical lessons, and they're combined with a good selection of civilian stories. Leaders and prospective leaders, both military and civilian, will enjoy the book for its lessons and for its high level of readability. The stories make the teaching points come alive.

Yes, this is a leadership book. But it practically reads like a novel. You'll get caught up in the reading to the point where you might even forget that you're reading a practical guide to getting people to follow you. The New Art of the Leader is very appropriate for airplane reading, but have your pen and highlighter handy!

Good index and notes for research and follow-up reading.

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