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Forged in crisis : the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times, Nancy Koehn
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- Summary
- Ten years in the writing, Forged in Crisis presents five remarkable life journeys - those of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton; President Abraham Lincoln; legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. What do such disparate figures have in common? Why do their stories speak to us so powerfully today? Koehn begins each of the book's five sections by showing her protagonist on the precipice of a great crisis: Shackleton marooned on an Antarctic ice floe with no hope of rescue; Lincoln on the verge of the collapse of the Union; Douglass threatened with a return to enslavement; Bonhoeffer agonizing on what a man of faith should do when faced with absolute evil; Carson racing against the clock (and cancer) in a bid to save the planet. Koehn then reaches back to each person's early years to show the individual blooming into the force he or she would ultimately become. Through their confronting of obstacles, we begin to glean an essential truth: leaders are not born but made, and the power to lead resides in each of us. The great question pressing on all of us is: What set of skills is required to lead in crisis, and can history give us answers?
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Forged in crisis : the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times
- Title
- Forged in crisis
- Title remainder
- the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times
- Statement of responsibility
- Nancy Koehn
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Ten years in the writing, Forged in Crisis presents five remarkable life journeys - those of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton; President Abraham Lincoln; legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. What do such disparate figures have in common? Why do their stories speak to us so powerfully today? Koehn begins each of the book's five sections by showing her protagonist on the precipice of a great crisis: Shackleton marooned on an Antarctic ice floe with no hope of rescue; Lincoln on the verge of the collapse of the Union; Douglass threatened with a return to enslavement; Bonhoeffer agonizing on what a man of faith should do when faced with absolute evil; Carson racing against the clock (and cancer) in a bid to save the planet. Koehn then reaches back to each person's early years to show the individual blooming into the force he or she would ultimately become. Through their confronting of obstacles, we begin to glean an essential truth: leaders are not born but made, and the power to lead resides in each of us. The great question pressing on all of us is: What set of skills is required to lead in crisis, and can history give us answers?
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- 1959-
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- Koehn, Nancy F.
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- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Shackleton, Ernest Henry
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Douglass, Frederick
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
- Carson, Rachel
- Leadership
- Success in business
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Forged in crisis : the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times, Nancy Koehn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- txt
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- Control code
- p2251057812
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 517 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781473674707
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- Other physical details
- 1 map
- Label
- Forged in crisis : the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times, Nancy Koehn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251057812
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 517 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781473674707
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- 1 map
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