Where Have All the Leaders Gone? | Lee Iacocca

Where Have All the Leaders Gone? | Lee Iacocca | This man still has more common sense than People half his age.

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	Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Lee Iacocca Scribner, 2007 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 210 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Legendary auto executive Lee Iacocca has a question for every American: Where have all the leaders gone?

The most widely recognized business executive of all time asks the tough questions that America's leaders must address:

? What is each of us giving back to our country?

? Do we truly love democracy?

? Are we too fat and satisfied for our own good?

? Why is America addicted to oil?

? Do we really care about our children's futures?

? Who will save the middle class?

A self-made man who many Americans once wished would run for president, Iacocca saved the Chrysler Corporation from financial ruin, masterminded the creation of the minivan, and oversaw the renovation of Ellis Island. Since then he has created the Iacocca Institute for leadership at Lehigh University and the Iacocca Foundation, which funds research for a cure for diabetes. Lee Iacocca believes that leaders are made in times of crisis -- such as today. He has known more leaders than almost anyone else -- among them nine U.S. presidents, many heads of state, and the CEOs of the nation's top corporations -- and is uniquely suited to share his wisdom, knowledge, and wit about the leadership of America.

Author of the gigantic number one bestsellers Iacocca: An Autobiography and Talking Straight, Lee Iacocca famously doesn't mince words and offers his no-nonsense, straight-up assessments of the American politicians most likely to run for president in 2008, including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney, and John Edwards.

Confessing that he has "flunked retirement," Iacocca calls on citizens of all ages to vote, get involved, and choose our leaders carefully. Along the way, he shares stories about the prominent people he's met and known, including the time he smoked cigars with Fidel Castro, what Bob Hope told him about how to live a long life, what Lady Sarah Ferguson said to him as they danced, why Bill Clinton woke him up in Italy, what Robert McNamara taught him about success, how Frank Sinatra sang for him personally, and whom Pope John Paul II asked him to pray for. We learn what he discussed with Warren Buffett, DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche, Ronald Reagan, Senator John Kerry, Congressman John Murtha, Prince Charles and Camilla, former Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar, rapper Snoop Dogg, financier Kirk Kerkorian, Ted Turner, Bob Dole, and many more.

Knowing that the times are urgent, the iconic leader shares his lessons learned and issues a call to action to summon Americans back to their roots of hard work, common sense, integrity, generosity, and optimism.

Where have all the leaders gone?

Lee Iacocca has the answer.

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A Leader's Thoughts

This book does its part to build enough outrage amongst those of us who would care to read this book and recognizes the reasons for the outrage.

I thought it was very well written and not in the least bit distracting from it's message that it is time to wake up and do something about the mess that we collectively find ourselves in, whether it be the fuel crisis or the lack there of, corporate greed, healthcare mess, free trade or the unbelievable debt. The book's message is simple. Heed to the Call to Action.

Every politician should read this book. But more importantly, every aspiring leader should commit some of the lessons to heart. Specifically, the one which conveys the 9 C's of leadership - Curiosity, Creative, Communicate, Character, Courage, Conviction, Charisma, Competence, Common Sense and last but the least, leadership in times of a CRISIS. I capitalized CRISIS, because I think we are in dangerous times on the brink of a bankruptcy of leadership.

Lee's emphasis on the solutions explains his mindset to solve problems right after recognizing what those are. Not all solutions are workable but he makes a compelling argument and also gives us a place to start.

I think this book should be mandatory reading for all corporate employees and the executive management should be held to the standards espoused by Lee Iacocca.

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This man still has more common sense than People half his age.

This book is excellent. Iacocca, who was and still is, a significant leader int he corporate world is asking some tough questions. HE does thsi while admitting that even some of the things he was involved in witht he Auto industry may not have ultimately had the impact on this country that was intended.

He is looking for a comeback of the greatness America knew just a few years ago and the rest of us should be too.

REAL "Straight Talk!"

Regardless of a reader's personal biases, whether political, religious, ethnic or other, this refreshing book can be profitably read by everybody. It should be required reading in every high school in the country! Thought provoking at a time when critical thinking seems to be a fading skill.

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A Deserving 5-Star Rating

If you ever felt, "Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening?", please read this book. I read the book recently, little late since it was published more than a year ago, but I am glad I picked up a copy from the local library and read it finally.

From time to time we need Lee's doses to wake up, get our act together and put our money where our mouth is. The book will give you that and so deserves a 5-Star rating.

Good but not GReat

I found the beginning of the book pretty entertaining.The author is very outspoken and speaking his mind plain straight.
He has obviously shown a lot of COURAGE by writing this book.
I strongly agree with most of the comments he makes about the recourse to judiciary system for any small misunderstanding, America's overly medicine pill consumption, and the IPOD "addiction"...I'm glad to find someone who think like me.
However, half way through the book, I found the author going off topic and a total shift of the subject from leadership to his personal prowesses as a CEO.
Overall, it is an average book.

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