A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
by Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- (Author)
Summary
Across the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and effective service are essential; yet Americans know these institutions are often anything but, and many despair that the... Full description
Summary: |
Across the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and effective service are essential; yet Americans know these institutions are often anything but, and many despair that they are too big and too hard to reform. Robert Gates disagrees. Having led change successfully at three monumental organizations, the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense, he argues that smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale. |
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Item Description: |
Title from web page. Compact discs. |
Physical Description: |
7 sound discs (8 hr., 6 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN: |
9781101888834 : 1101888830 : 9781101888810 1101888814 |
Author Notes: |
Gates has won many honorary doctorates from universities, including an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Yale University; his government awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In January 2014, Gates published his autobiography, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, which quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Gates', A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service, released in 2016, became an iBook bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) |