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Type of bind: Digital
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Label: Harvard Business Review
Manufacturer: Harvard Business Review
Page Count: 10
Printing Date: December 01, 2001
Publishing house: Harvard Business Review
Release Date: October 25, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 3485822
Studio: Harvard Business Review
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Leadership is often presented as an abstract undertaking, a matter of vision and values rather than practical details. But in the author's world, the work of leadership is as prosaic as the loose-leaf binder he carried everywhere as he directed the logistics of the 1991 Gulf War. The author was a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army when he wrote this article, originally published in 1992. The roots of his leadership philosophy go back to his native Charleroi, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a newsboy. But his most searing lessons came in places like Vietnam's Mekong Delta. To lead successfully, the author argues, a person must demonstrate expertise and empathy, which can be systematically learned. And true leaders create organizations that support the cultivation of leadership. In other words, anyone who wants to work hard enough can lead. Leaders who send their people out to do battle in the business world have much to learn from Pagonis. Above all, they can learn from the general's ability to see the world from the foot soldier's point of view, even as he surveys the big picture.
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