Foreword xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
Book I: In the Beginning … : Relationships, Responsibility, and the
Primacy of Values in Leadership 7
Book II: The Ten Guiding Principles of Leadership 83
Book III: The Challenges of Leadership 165
Book IV: The Legacy of Leadership 225
Conclusion 245
Notes 247
About the Author 261
Rabbi Nathan Laufer teaches and lectures across North America on
issues of leadership. He is founding director of PELIE: Partnership
for Effective Learning and Innovative Education, a new national
initiative to improve Jewish supplemental education throughout the
United States. He received his leadership educator certification
from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and
his Juris Doctor from the Fordham University School of Law. He is
also an ordained rabbi.
Dr. Michael Hammer, president, Hammer and Company, is author of
four books, including the international bestseller Reengineering
the Corporation, the most important business book of the 1990s. His
work has been featured in every major business publication. His
latest book is The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate
the Decade.
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman has been representing the people of
Connecticut in the United States Senate for eighteen years.
"A practical and inspiring vision of what it means to lead…. Anyone
in a position of leadership or who aspires to be should read this
perceptive, refreshingly frank and clearly written book."
—Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated talk-show host and author of
Why the Jews? The Reason for Anti-Semitism
"Educational, instructive, profoundly inspirational…. A must read
on political science, organizational and administrative theory, and
leadership development. Few have added more intellectual heft and
originality to this topic. Helps us to rethink the struggle for
leadership and its authentic realization in groundbreaking new
ways."
—Dr. Ellen Cannon, professor of political science and public policy
at Northeastern Illinois University and CEO of Cannon Consulting
Group
“Draws connections and gleans insights that are unlikely to have
occurred even to experienced students of leadership or of the
Bible. A unique read that will leave readers thinking long after
they've finished turning the last page.”
—Dr. Daniel Gordis, director of Mandel Leadership Institute
“Draws masterful lessons from familiar stories…. Extends far beyond
the functional; it illustrates the essentiality of values-based
leadership. A must read for the leaders of our community and those
aspiring to leadership positions.”
—Ambassador Dan Kurtzer, professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Affairs, Princeton University; former U.S.
ambassador to Egypt and Israel
“A wealth of insights…. Provides genuine wisdom for which all
engaged in the task of inspiring and directing a group or an
organization will be grateful. An important book.”
—Rabbi David Ellenson, president, Hebrew Union College–Jewish
Institute of Religion
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