Presidential Leadership

Download or read book Presidential Leadership written by Dan Nielsen and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of his life Dan Nielsen has traveled all over America, and in the process discovered a national treasure known as the United States Presidential Libraries and Museums. These unique institutions, operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, preserve the presidential legacies through expansive historical archives, fascinating interactive displays, and numerous educational programs. Dan has spent hundreds of hours visiting and studying the presidential libraries and museums, and has a personal collection of more than 15,000 photographs he has taken at each one.Presidential Leadership: Learning from United States Presidential Libraries & Museums combines Dan's passion for these institutions with his passion for achieving greater success through leadership excellence. Dan strongly believes that the ultimate strategy for success is leadership excellence. He also knows that excellent leaders focus on strengths more than weaknesses, and much can be learned from studying the strengths of highly successful leaders.There is no doubt that despite their individual weaknesses and flaws, the United States Presidents each achieved the most prestigious, powerful, and influential leadership position in the world. No matter your political leanings, you can learn from the leadership strengths of the U.S. Presidents.Presidential Leadership features fourteen former U.S. Presidents whose legacies are preserved by presidential libraries and museums. The book focuses on three or four leadership strengths of each president, and also provides Dan's eyewitness perspective of each library and museum, supplemented by a selection of his personal photographs from each one.This unique journey through the life and times of these presidents brings home the power and impact of leadership strengths in a whole new way. It also opens your eyes to the virtually limitless resource that can be found by studying highly successful leaders both past and present. It is Dan's hope that this book will inspire you to select one or two leadership strengths to focus on and improve in your own life. He also hopes you will be inspired to visit and explore for yourself the incredible resources drawn upon for this book--the United States Presidential Libraries and Museums.