A Mount Rushmore Man-and More

摘要

George Washington on Leadership-by Richard Brookhiser (Basic Books, $26). This is one book on leadership that's well worth the read. A respected historian, Brookhiser examines the extraordinary events that marked George Washington's life to discover what it takes to become an effective leader. One would be hard put to find a better model. Washington often faced situationsrnfraught with novel and immense difficulties. He made mistakes-some big-but he never became despondent and quickly learned from them.rnWashington was highly effective, whether it was in covering such essential details as making sure that army latrines were dug and properly maintained, devising grand strategies for keeping his inadequately funded ragtag army in the field against the world's most formidable empire or stopping a potential mutiny.