A Leader Must Be a Leader: Encounters with Eleven Prime Ministers Contributor(s): Grafstein, Jerry S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771614080 ISBN-13: 9781771614085 Publisher: Mosaic Press OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Canadian - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Philosophy | Political |
Dewey: 320.019 |
LCCN: 2022303704 |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.37 lbs) 488 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Based on impressions and personal encounters with each of the last 11 Canadian Prime Ministers, Senator Jerry Grafstein has explored their paths to power, considering the legacies they have left on the pages of history. Like all politicians, Grafstein became obsessed with the factors that made a leader a leader. Is leadership a natural or a learned skill set? What unique amalgam of oratory skill, ambition, character, persistence, detachment, decisiveness, empathy, intelligence, personality, experiences, memory, common sense, ideas, judgement, temperament and, most especially, self-awareness, separate wannabe leaders from the pinnacle of leadership? This is a unique book written by an acute legal mind, a powerful political strategist, a very successful media and communication expert, an engaged Canadian, and a most thoughtful Liberal. Senator Grafstein assesses, evaluates, and appreciates these Canadian Prime Ministers with insight, humor, and generosity. |