Name: Leading Matters: Lessons From my Journey
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Author: Hennessy, John L. ; Isaacson, Walter
ISBN: 9781503608016

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Leading Matters: Lessons From my Journey

Type

Physical Book

Author

John L. Hennessy

Preface by

Walter Isaacson

Publisher

Stanford Business Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

200

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.1 x 16.0 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9781503608016

Edition No.

Synopsis "Leading Matters: Lessons From my Journey "

In Leading Matters, current Chairman of Alphabet (Google's parent company), former President of Stanford University, and "Godfather of Silicon Valley," John L. Hennessy shares the core elements of leadership that helped him become a successful tech entrepreneur, esteemed academic, and venerated administrator. Hennessy's approach to leadership is laser-focused on the journey rather than the destination. Each chapter in Leading Matters looks at valuable elements that have shaped Hennessy's career in practice and philosophy. He discusses the pivotal role that humility, authenticity and trust, service, empathy, courage, collaboration, innovation, intellectual curiosity, storytelling, and legacy have all played in his prolific, interdisciplinary career. Hennessy takes these elements and applies them to instructive stories, such as his encounters with other Silicon Valley leaders including Jim Clark, founder of Netscape; Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and Stanford provost; John Arrillaga, one of the most successful Silicon Valley commercial real estate developers; and Phil Knight, founder of Nike and philanthropist with whom Hennessy cofounded Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University. Across government, education, commerce, and non-profits, the need for effective leadership could not be more pressing. This book is essential reading for those tasked with leading any complex enterprise in the academic, not-for-profit, or for-profit sector.

Walter Isaacson

(Preface by)

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Walter Isaacson teaches History at Tulane University. He has been the director of the Aspen Institute and CNN, as well as Time magazine.

He is the author of Einstein (Debate, 2014), Steve Jobs (Debate, 2011), The Innovators (Debate, 2014), Leonardo da Vinci (Debate, 2018), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) and Kissinger: A Biography (1992), and co-author, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986)

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