Where Have All the Leaders Gone? | 
| Creator: Lee Iacocca
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Category: Book
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Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 6
Pages: 6
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Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0743564138
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.340973
EAN: 9780743564137
ASIN: 0743564138
Publication Date: April 17, 2007
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Product Description
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?
Lee Iacocca believes that leaders are made in times of crisis -- such as today. He has known more leaders than almost anybody else -- including nine U.S. presidents, many heads of state, CEOs of the nation's top corporations, celebrities, and even a pope -- and is uniquely suited to share his wisdom, knowledge, and wit about the leadership of America. Lee Iacocca does not mince words, and in Where Have All the Leaders Gone? he offers his no-nonsense, straight-up assessments of the American politicians most likely to run for president in 2008. He also 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 Deserving 5-Star Rating August 21, 2008
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 August 15, 2008
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.
REAL "Straight Talk!" August 14, 2008
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.
This man still has more common sense than People half his age. August 10, 2008
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.
A Leader's Thoughts August 4, 2008
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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