Lee & Grant : profiles in leadership from the battlefields of Virginia / Charles R. Bowery, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowery, Charles R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Command of troops--History--19th century.

Command of troops.

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Virginia.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Military leadership.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Military leadership.

Lee, Robert E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Lee and Grant

Place of Publication:

New York : American Management Association, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Business is a battlefield. Learn from two of America's greatest generals.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Making of Leaders: Lee and Grant's Early Years; Marse Robert; Sam Grant; The Overland Campaign: Crucible of Leadership; Lee and Grant Prepare for the 1864 Campaign: Leadership and Organizational Planning; The Wilderness From Planning to Execution; Spotsylvania Adapting Your Leadership Style to Changing Situations; The Greater War Grant and Strategic Leadership; To the North Anna: Organizational Leadership Skills for Crisis Situations; Cold Harbor: Friction and Failure in Organizational Leadership

To the James and Beyond: Transformational LeadershipAppomattox The Adversaries Meet; Order of Battle-Union and Confederate Forces in the Overland Campaign; Suggestions for Further Reading; Leadership Laboratories: Touring the Battlefields of the Overland Campaign; Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-247) and index.

ISBN:

0-8144-2843-6

OCLC:

475962648