The Heart of Leadership
- 1h 56m
- Danilo Zatta, Giovanni Battista Vacchi
- Taylor and Francis
- 2024
Squarely aimed at leaders and aspiring leaders, The Heart of Leadership, written by two renowned management experts, presents practical examples and engaging insights to answer the key question of how to be a successful leader.
This book reveals the key characteristics of a great leader and shows you how to develop the skills needed to motivate your team and overcome challenges. Leadership means successfully taking your place at the head of an enterprise and is both a shared journey and an adventure over the course of a career. Using an engaging and accessible style throughout, the book maps out how to achieve tangible results. It presents portrayals of some of history’s greatest leaders, from Gandhi to Steve Jobs, from Angela Merkel to Lisa Su, in order to inspire and help develop your own top leadership skills.
This book is essential reading for CEOs, CFOs, HR managers, entrepreneurs, trainers, and those who are seeking a leadership position in an organization and want to understand how to succeed within it.
About the Author
Giovanni Battista Vacchi is currently CEO of leading furniture and design group, Colombini Group. He previously held CEO positions at Ferretti Group, Bertram Yacht, Grandi Navi Veloci, and Gruppo Zucchi, and previously worked at EY Parthenon, The Carlyle Group, and Bain & Company. He graduated cum laude from Bologna University and holds an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College.
Danilo Zatta is a world-renowned topline growth expert and management advisor, with over 20 years’ experience. He specialized in profit improvement on the revenue side, with extensive experience in strategies and leadership. He graduated cum laude from the Luiss University of Rome and holds an MBA from INSEAD and a PhD from TUM in Munich.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction—Imagine All the People
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Alliance
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Empathy
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Vision
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Solitude/Dispensability
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Style, Communication, Unpopularity, Higher Education
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Foundations
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State of Lead
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Self-Awareness
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Doing
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Vertical Horizon
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A Short Bibliography of Reference Works
