The Rumsfeld Way: The Leadership Wisdom of a Battle-Hardened Maverick

by Krames, Jeffrey A.

• ISBN13: 9780071406413
• ISBN10: 0071406417
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-27
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This book examines Rumsfield's many career challenges, details what he did to quickly and clearheadedly deal with each, and reveals how he has engineered some of twentieth century America's most stunning victories.

Author Biography

Jeffrey A. Krames is vice president and editor-in-chief of McGraw-Hill's Trade Division. Author of the bestseller The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership and a leading authority on the subject of leadership, Krames has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Financial Times and the Los Angeles Times. He has been interviewed by national media such as CNN, PBS, the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Business Week, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Publisher's Weekly.

Table of Contents

Rumsfeld's Return	p. 1
Evolution of a Statesman	p. 5
The Road to Kandahar	p. 7
Rumsfeld: Who and Why?	p. 19
Lessons from a Hard-Charging CEO	p. 51
Mission First	p. 53
Straight Talk	p. 65
All the Right Moves	p. 79
Crafting Coalitions	p. 93
The Consequence of Values	p. 109
The War CEO	p. 121
Acquiring and Using Intelligence	p. 137
Mastering the Agenda	p. 151
The Pragmatic Leader	p. 165
The Determined Warrior	p. 181
The "Axis of Evil"	p. 197
Acknowledgments	p. 205
Sources and Notes	p. 209
Index	p. 231
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