Golf and the game of leadership 16. Sách tham khảo học hỏi kỹ năng tổ chức lãnh đạo. Trong cuốn sách này, Bill Haupt, cựu quản lý điều hành phát triển tại General Motors, một người bạn lâu năm và đồng nghiệp, cung cấp đầu vào, cái nhìn sâu sắc. Ông là một niềm vui để mọi người làm việc với, một''lãnh đạo thực sự,''và rất con người. Ann và Bill tham gia từ đầu đến cuối trong thực hiện cuốn sách có giá trị, dễ đọc, và thú vị này | 140 Golf and the Game of Leadership Who can forget the final words of Todd Beamer s cell phone call let s roll as he and others moved to successfully stop the terrorists aboard American Airlines Flight 93 Who can forget Michael and Roselle who worked on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center After the planes struck they descended 78 flights of stairs to safety. As Michael said in a television interview we saved each others lives. Their long-time mutual support was never more in evidence. Michael a blind man and Roselle his guide dog were never closer. Who can forget the mental image of New York City fire fighters going into the burning World Trade Center and heading up the stairs. Courage at its ultimate best According to Peggy Noonan writing in the Wall Street Journal Brave men do brave things. After September 11a friend of mine said something that startled me with its simple truth. He said Everyone died who they were. A guy who ran down quicker than everyone and didn t help anyone that was him. The guy who ran to get the old lady and was hit by debris that s who he was. They all died who they were. 2 Their decisions were based on their courage or lack of it. Their courage was based on their values. The Willingness to Risk On 9 we referred to Peter Koestenbaum s Leadership The Inner Side of Greatness. Koestenbaum writes Courage as a dominant strategy or dimension for acquiring the leadership mind is the willingness to risk. Security . . . lies only in your courage and your character not in dubious guarantees from the world of business or government or private life. The courageous leadership mind understands that you cannot live life without courage. To lead is to act. To have the courage to take charge first of one s own life. . . . Then you are ready to take charge of Observations of Courage in Action We have played 11 holes of the Global Leadership Course to this point. We have seen courage in action on virtually every hole Courage 141 we ve .
