領導者為出生即是還是被塑造出來的？野心到底從何而來？逆境是如何影響領導力的發展？究竟是領導者創造時代還是時代創造出領導者？
作者桃莉絲．古德溫在此書中借鑒了她所研究的四位總統——亞伯拉罕．林肯、西奧多．羅斯福、富蘭克林．羅斯福和林登．約翰遜，述寫出他們如何認識到自己的領導才能，並被他人公認為領導者。古德溫通過回顧他們首次進入公共視野，還有在他們前行的道路上充滿了困惑、希望和恐懼時，我們可以了解他們內心的掙扎並從中跟隨他們的發展，從而學習如何成為一個領導者。
Leadership 講述了他們如何戲劇化的逆轉那些擾亂他們的生活且將粉碎他們野心的威脅，成功的適應了時代巨輪所帶來的框架與困境。
領導力並不是由單一的模式養成，四位總統不論在人生背景、能力與性格都有差異，但他們的確擁有相同的養分，那就是懷抱對野心的抱負及渴望超越期待的成功。四人都在道德目的引領下正面迎接了所有挑戰，並充分的展現出才能，為他人創造出更好的機會與生活。
此書為擁有抱負及成熟的領導者提供一個較為明確的道路，在現在這種兩極化的世界，前人們在分裂與恐懼時代中所做下領導決策的故事，絕對是當今極為重要的借鏡。
「有四位偉大總統為我們上了重要的一課，成就了一場精彩的饗宴！」——華倫．巴菲特
「透過長期研究的成果，展現出了非常全面的故事面向，既人性化也極其引人入勝！——Publishers Weekly（文 / 博客來編譯）
In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership.
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man?
In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely—Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)—to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders.
No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities, and temperament, these men shared a fierce ambition and a deep-seated resilience that enabled them to surmount uncommon adversity. At their best, all four were guided by a sense of moral purpose. At moments of great challenge, they were able to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others.
This seminal work provides an accessible and essential road map for aspiring and established leaders in every field. In today’s polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in times of apprehension and fracture take on a singular urgency.
"Four towering individuals . . . in a masterwork on how good leaders become great leaders, how burning personal ambition can be elevated into driving ambition for a cause greater than self. Riveting, uplifting, and incisive, Leadership is a culminating work of a true intellectual artist."— Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great," co-author "Built to Last"
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DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN’s interest in leadership began more than half a century ago as a professor at Harvard. Her experiences working for LBJ in the White House and later assisting him on his memoirs led to her bestselling Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize–winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. She earned the Lincoln Prize for the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals, the basis for Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film Lincoln, and the Carnegie Medal for The Bully Pulpit, the New York Times bestselling chronicle of the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts. Visit her at DorisKearnsGoodwin.com or @DorisKGoodwin.
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