A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service - Autograhed Signed Copy by Robert M. Gates - 2016-01-01

Knopf Publishing Group. Collectible - Like New. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible - Like New. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on front endpage.

Knopf Publishing Group. New.. New Knopf Publishing Group, 2016 New 2016 New 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 He offers us the ultimate insider's look at how major institutions can be transformed that is by turns startling, heartening, and always instructive Through his own experience and other examples of leadership (both successful and failed), Gates offers practical, nuanced advice for leaders at all levels of an organization, and for those who aspire to… Read More