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Learn moreThe times are changing at an ever-increasing velocity. Old systems, organizations, and ways of operating no longer work in our dynamic, complex and increasingly unstable new environment. Out of this chaos and confusion, a new and different leader must emerge. Old systems and methods will no longer work.
Leading the Charge is a visionary leadership book that examines the trends that have reshaped our world and the ways in which leaders and organizations can effectively respond. Tomorrow's successful leadersāin all fields, including the military, academia, politics, and businessāmust know how to create, operate, and thrive in very fluid, flattened, and integrated structures that are remarkably different from the traditional organizations we are used to seeing. They will have to manage rapidly changing technology and flows of information, as well as create faster and more far-reaching spans of control.
Leading the Charge shows the way. It is an incisive and compelling guide to the new world of leadership, one that will prove indispensable for years to come. Organized around "Leading a New World," a revolutionary leadership course developed and taught by General Zinni at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University, Leading the Charge makes a convincing case that leaders must:
āchange with the times to be relevant
ābe ready for crisis mode at any given time
āhave a moral compass and the ability to steer the company in the right direction
ābe forward thinking, not reactive, to provide innovation and creativity
ādevelop other great leaders.
Tony Koltz, an American writer, is the author of two Choose Your Own Adventure books, The Vampire Express and Terror Island. He is also coauthor, with General Tony Zinni, of The Battle for Peace.
General Tony Zinni (Ret.) was commander in chief of CENTCOM from 1997 to 2000, and Colin Powell's special envoy to the Middle East from November 2002 to March 2003. He has also led special missions to Turkey, Pakistan, Kenya, Russia, Yemen, Indonesia, the Philippines, and other nations-a role in which he continues to serve today. Among his many commands, he has served as head of the Special Operations and Terrorism Counteraction Section of the Marines; chief of staff of the Marine Air-Ground Training and Education Center at Quantico; deputy director of operations, U.S. European Command; director of operations, Somalia task force, 1992-1993; commander of the Combined Task Force protecting the withdrawal of UN forces from Somalia, 1993; and commanding general, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
George K. Wilson has narrated over one hundred fiction and nonfiction audiobook titles, from Thomas L. Friedman to Thomas Pynchon, and has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. He spent ten years in broadcast news, including for the American Forces Radio and Television Service and for rock radio in San Diego and Los Angeles. An American Academy of Dramatic Arts, West, graduate, his acting career includes stage, film, television, commercials, improvisational comedy, and stand-up. George has written and performed in over five hundred nationally syndicated short news satire features for public radio and NPR and has received a national Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award for Best Public Service Program. He has also scripted and hosted corporate videos for Sony, Merck, IBM, and Price Waterhouse. He is currently working on a suspense short story collection and a thriller novel.