High Altitude Leadership: What the World's Most Forbidding Peaks Teach Us About SuccessISBN: 978-0-470-34503-0
Hardcover
240 pages
October 2008, Jossey-Bass
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Leadership is often a risky, lonely role possessing nearly
unbearable lows and fleeting highs. Despite this emotionally and
intellectually draining roller coaster, a handful of leaders
deliver stunning results, with great consistency. They push past
current leadership trends in order to achieve the most extremely
challenging goals. They don't fall prey to the platitudes or
cliches we see so often see in leadership theory. Instead, they
succeed by recognizing and surviving the dangers that challenge
them as they take themselves and their teams to higher levels.
These rare individuals are those that Chris Warner and Don
Schmincke call High Altitude Leaders. In High Altitude
Leadership they show how to become that kind of leader.The
authors present a new approach to leadership development, based on
ground-breaking scientific research, field-tested under the most
brutal conditions on the most difficult summits, and successfully
applied in the training of executives, management teams, and
entrepreneurs throughout the world.