The New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
The essential leadership playbook. Learn the principles and guiding
philosophies of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren
Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, and many others through illuminating
conversations about their remarkable lives and careers.
For the past five years, David M. Rubenstein--author of The American
Story, visionary cofounder of The Carlyle Group, and host of The David
Rubenstein Show--has spoken with the world's highest performing leaders
about who they are and how they became successful. How to Lead
distills these revealing conversations into an indispensable leadership
guidebook.
Gain advice and wisdom from CEOs, presidents, founders, and master
performers from the worlds of finance (Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon,
Christine Lagarde, Ken Griffin), tech (Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Eric
Schmidt, Tim Cook), entertainment (Oprah Winfrey, Lorne Michaels,
Renee Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma), sports (Jack Nicklaus, Adam Silver, Coach
K, Phil Knight), government (President Bill Clinton, President
George W. Bush, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nancy Pelosi), and many others.
-Jeff Bezos harnesses the power of wandering, discovering that his
best decisions have been made with heart and intuition, rather than
analysis.
-Richard Branson never goes into a venture looking to make a profit.
He aims to make the best in field.
-Phil Knight views Nike as a marketing company whose product is its
most important marketing tool.
-Marillyn Hewson, who grew up in a fatherless home with four
siblings in Kansas, quickly learned the importance of self-reliance and
the value of a dollar.
How to Lead shares the extraordinary stories of these pioneering
agents of change. Discover how each luminary got started and how they
handle decision making, failure, innovation, change, and crisis. Learn
from their decades of experience as pioneers in their field. No two
leaders are the same.
