Visionary Leadership

On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later that month, the Reverend John Brooks, a professor of theology at the College of the Holy Cross who shared Dr. King’s dream of an integrated society, drove up and down the East Coast searching for African American high school students to recruit to the school, young men he felt had the potential to succeed if given an opportunity. Among the twenty students he had a hand in recruiting that year were Clarence Thomas and Theodore Wells....

At the turn of the last century, the Guggenheim family ran the most powerful mining conglomerate on earth. Decades later came the Guggenheim museum, which became the hub of the world’s most powerful art brand. In between, the Guggenheim name was uttered in every field from aviation to politics, from journalism to rocketry.

We know you have a lot going on in your life. It can be hard to find time to plan and look to the future. This book uses a short, simple, and practical approach to understanding what you want and how to get there. This doesn't mean that what you want will magically appear. The process in this book works by getting you more focused and aware of resources and opportunities to have the life you desire.

Virginia Jacko's extraordinary odyssey begins at Purdue University, where she is diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa while serving as a highly successful senior financial executive. As the darkness grew around her, she realized that she would slowly, but surely, go completely blind. Refusing to retreat to bemoan her fate, Virginia starts over as a vocational rehabilitation client at the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Good physical health is the engine of leadership, and the energy it generates is the fuel we use to make a difference. This book will emphasize one critical point: The significance of your visionary assignment demands that your health becomes a priority. Once you understand how significant your visionary assignment is to the world and how your health effects the execution of that assignment, you will naturally begin to make better health choices.

Do you often wonder how the most affluent billionaires made it to where they are today? Would you like to know how they did it, what they did, and, most importantly, what it cost? In Thank You, Steve Jobs: A Legendary Visionary, Innovator and Business Leader - 27 Life Changing Lessons from Steve Jobs About Life, Business and Leadership by Jamie Morris, he follows the stories of these billionaires, what drove them to set up the ideas, the failures they have been through, and how they continue to let their visions grow into feasible business models.

In "Leading with Purpose: Inspiring Growth, Culture and Building a Visionary Team," Kevin Hess presents a comprehensive guide to transformative leadership in today's dynamic and ever-changing business landscape. Drawing on his extensive experience, Hess offers practical strategies and actionable advice for leaders who aspire to create a meaningful impact, foster a thriving team culture, and achieve extraordinary results.

Funcionou para a Disney, para o McDonald's e para a Ford. Conheça o relacionamento essencial que vai levar sua empresa a outro patamar de desempenho. Visionários têm ideias inovadoras, integradores transformam essas ideias em realidade. Um vê o futuro, o outro faz o futuro acontecer. Um visionário sem um integrador corre o risco de jamais ver seus projetos executados. Um integrador, por sua vez, trabalha para dar vida à visão do outro. Embora muito diferentes, são perfis complementares. Quando se juntam, a empresa deslancha.

"Workplace Transformation: A Journey for Visionary Leaders to Reimagine the Workplace Experience & Build a Better World" emerges as a practical guide for visionary leaders invested in facilitating workplace innovation and empowering employee contribution within the modern workplace. As the corporate landscape undergoes profound restructuring, there is a small window of opportunity for business leaders to transform how they think about and design the workplace experience.

Broadway’s most esteemed visionaries tell all - how they got started in the business, how they chose projects, how they raise money, why some of their shows were huge hits and others flopped, and much more. From Flo Ziegfeld and David Merrick, from Joseph Papp, from Cameron Mackintosh, from today’s up-and-coming new generation of producers - here are priceless words of wisdom.

This compelling book is tailored for visionary leaders such as event organizers, business executives, diplomats, politicians, artists, musicians, and forward-thinking individuals ready to unlock the true potential of artful collaboration.

Do you routinely use words like exhausted, overwhelmed, disappointed, addicted, and frustrated to describe your life? It's possible to integrate your life so that energized, fulfilled, engaged, inspired, and passionate are words you use instead to describe the day-to-day legacy you're living. Opt out of complacency, realize your potential, and live from a place of purpose, freedom, and hope. Living Your Legacy is a movement. It's about showing up for your life, engaging in deeper, more meaningful ways, and making a difference.

Modern multigenerational nursing cohorts come with their own unique challenges, but they can also be leveraged to retain staff and increase organizational effectiveness. The key, according to organizational psychology practitioner Dr. April L. Jones, PhD, is to identify and work with each generation's unique values and work ethic.

Arianna Huffington is one of the world's most prominent business leaders in media. As cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, she built the first internet newspaper, which eclipsed the traffic of the New York Times and won the Pulitzer Prize. This concise but richly detailed biography provides an overview of Huffington's life and career, chronicling her journey from Athens to London, New York, Washington and California, across seven decades.

Managing Brilliant Jerks provides resources to help you work more effectively with difficult leaders. As you listen, you’ll find detailed information on the flow of coaching sessions, sample correspondence to use with key stakeholders, and questions that encourage you to reflect on the issues presented in each chapter. The story of Peter will clarify for you the complex processes at work in the mind of an abrasive leader—and empower you to forge a productive and cooperative relationship with the brilliant jerks you encounter.

The most successful, disruptive companies are propelled forward by mandate-driven leaders. These leaders are inspired by a compelling belief, idea, strategy or tactic. Through their willpower, organizations are thrust into the future. The mandate-driven leadership model is the hallmark of visionaries who have changed entire industries and sustained consistent innovation in their own companies. The Power of Mandate reveals what it takes to be an effective leader in today's disruptive business environment.