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Book Review
Oct. 7th, 2014 11:19 pmLeading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition
by Dennis N.T. Perkins, Margaret P. Holtman, Jillian B. Murphy
In August, I went to the Connecticut Library Association's Leadership Conference, at which our speaker was Jillian Murphy, one of the authors. She gave a really engaging talk based on this book. It was way better than I was expecting from a leadership conference. Out library director got several copies of the book, and gave one to me, so I went ahead and read it.
Like the talk, this book was way better than I was expecting from a management text. It's all built around the Shackleton expedition to the Antarctic, and derives ten leadership principles from Shackleton's actions and approach during the expedition. It's a very compelling story, which kept the book from getting dry or too enmired in business-speak. Using examples from the expedition also kept everything rooted in real, practical situations. The writing is also very straightforward, relatively free of buzzwords and jargon, and keeps everything moving. If you were to find yourself wanting or needing to read something on management and leadership, this book will do nicely.
by Dennis N.T. Perkins, Margaret P. Holtman, Jillian B. Murphy
In August, I went to the Connecticut Library Association's Leadership Conference, at which our speaker was Jillian Murphy, one of the authors. She gave a really engaging talk based on this book. It was way better than I was expecting from a leadership conference. Out library director got several copies of the book, and gave one to me, so I went ahead and read it.
Like the talk, this book was way better than I was expecting from a management text. It's all built around the Shackleton expedition to the Antarctic, and derives ten leadership principles from Shackleton's actions and approach during the expedition. It's a very compelling story, which kept the book from getting dry or too enmired in business-speak. Using examples from the expedition also kept everything rooted in real, practical situations. The writing is also very straightforward, relatively free of buzzwords and jargon, and keeps everything moving. If you were to find yourself wanting or needing to read something on management and leadership, this book will do nicely.
