勇往直前:罗斯福总统论领导力/Nothing to Fear:Lessons in Leadership from FDR

Inhislatestmanagementbook,Axelrod(ElizabethI,CEO;PattononLeadership;ProfilesinLeadership;EverythingIKnowAboutBusinessILearnedfromMonopoly)looksat"arevealingmodelofleadershipvalues,ideas,skills,traits,tactics,andstrategies."It'scertainlyatimelysubject,consideringthebusinessandworldpoliticalclimates.Organizinghisportraitaround14themes(includingpurposeandprinciple;credibility;change;motivation;andconfidenceandcourage),Axelrodfocusesonthelanguageofleadership,usingquotesshowcasingRoosevelt's"abundantgiftsofeloquentself-expression"tolaunchchaptersonparticular(andoftenredundant)componentsofleadership.Althoughthemessagesthemselvesarestraightforward(e.g.,speakthetruth;inspireratherthancoerce),Axelrodexaminesthemthroughascholarlymicroscopeandunfortunatelylackstheverbalcharismaofhismentor(e.g.,hecallstheSeptember11terrorattacksa"rendezvouswithdestiny").Still,FDRjunkiesmaywanttoaddthiscompilationofhisbusinesssavvytotheircollections.作者简介：ALANAXELRODistheauthorofthebest-sellersElizabethI,CEOandPattononLeadershipaswellasProfilesinLeadershipamongmanyotherbooks.HeisaRenownedhistorian,biogra-pher,andbusinesswriter.