Lessons in leadership. (2016)

“…great leaders need to understand that the questions they ask or don’t ask greatly impact on the conversations they have with others around them…

Steve Adubato, PhD. Writer, former visiting professor at New York University, Rutgers University, Seton Hall University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Rutgers University Press.

From the publisher’s website:

Adubato teaches readers to be “self-aware, empathetic, and more effective leaders at work and at home. His powerful case studies spotlighting dozens of leaders – from Pope Francis to New Jersey governor Chris Christie – are complemented by concrete tips and tools based in real-life scenarios.”

Lessons in Leadership helps readers “steer others through difficult economic times, mentor rising leaders, provide straight talk to underperforming employees, and even how to lead a company through a significant change.”

From the introduction:

“I have outlined what the rest of us, regardless of our professional status or field, can take away from the leadership mistakes of others. (For example) how President John F Kennedy got it terribly wrong as a leader in the Bay of Pigs fiasco in Cuba in 1961 but, fortunately, got it right in the Cuban Missile Crisis less than one year later.

“…great leaders need to understand that the questions they ask or don’t ask greatly impact on the conversations they have with others around them…

“I explore the need for all of us as leaders to be more self-reflective and, at times, self-critical.”

Find the book here: Lessons in leadership.