{"product_id":"leadership-the-eleanor-roosevelt-way-isbn-9781591840206","title":"Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way","description":"Eleanor Roosevelt's remarkable ability to confront and overcome hurdles-be they political, personal, or social-made her one of the greatest leaders of the last century, if not all time. In \u003ci\u003eLeadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way\u003c\/i\u003e, author and scholar Robin Gerber examines the values, tactics, and beliefs that enabled Eleanor Roosevelt to bring about tremendous change-in herself and in the world. Examining the former first lady's rise from a difficult childhood to her enormously productive and politically involved years in the White House, as a U.N. delegate and an honorary ambassador, an author, and beyond, Gerber offers women an inspiring road map to heroic living and an unparalleled model for personal achievement.\u003cb\u003eForeword (James MacGregor Burns)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime Line\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Learn from Your Past\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Find Mentors and Advisers\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Mothering: Training for Leadership\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Learning the Hard Way\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Find Your Leadership Passion\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Your Leadership Your Way\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: Give Voice to Your Leadership\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight: Face Criticism with Courage\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine: Keep Your Focus\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten: Contacts, Networks, and Conditions\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven: Embrace Risk\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve: Never Stop Learning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I Want You to Write to Me\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResources\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\"Drawing on Eleanor Roosevelt's inspiring life and words, Robin Gerber has given us a powerful primer for leaders in any field and of any political stripe.\" (Congressman Richard Gephardt, House Democratic Leader)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Gerber] tells Eleanor's story with descriptive flair and gives readers wise advice about finding their leadership passion and following it.\" (Billie Jean King)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt seems a miracle of character and charisma, a born leader whom no one could hope to emulate. Robin Gerber penetrates this aura . . . and exposes the nuts and bolts of an eminently practical leadership style-one from which we can all learn and learn much.\" (Alan Axelrod, author of \u003ci\u003ePatton on Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElizabeth I, CEO\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eleanor Roosevelt changed the world with her leadership. Robin Gerber tells us how she did it, weaving the first lady's life story and words into empowering leadership advice for today . . . [A] great read and a terrific leadership guide.\" (Lt. General Claudia Kennedy)Robin Gerber, the author of \u003cb\u003eLeadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way\u003c\/b\u003e, is an international speaker on leadership, a national commentator, and an opinion writer for \u003cb\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/b\u003e and other major newspapers. She is a senior fellow in executive education at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.Chapter 10\u003cp\u003e\"Human relationships, like life itself, can never remain static.\"\u003cbr\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a large oval brooch at her throat and a simple tailored dress, Eleanor looked \"unusually smart and in soaring spirits,\" on April 12, 1945. After giving her speech at a charity event she sat listening to the tributes and musical entertainment that followed. Suddenly a messenger approached to whisper in her ear. She gave a quick start and went to the telephone. Press Secretary Steve Early was at the other end. He sounded, \"very much upset,\" according to Eleanor, asking her to come home at once. \"I did not even ask why. I knew down in my heart that something dreadful had happened.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranklin Delano Roosevelt had died of a cerebral hemorrhage that afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the President’s funeral, Eleanor quickly moved forward with her changed life. She thought of herself as being on her own. She wrote in her autobiography, \"I had to face the future as countless other women have faced it without their husbands.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in at least one critical way Eleanor’s future was much different than other women -- she had networks of friends, colleagues, political supporters, those she had helped and who had helped her around the world and in the smallest towns. She had actively cultivated a rich and diverse web of people. Some served as personal support. Most were a vast resource for her leadership, just as their leadership was nurtured by knowing her. Eleanor’s gift for connecting with people and her strategic use of her connections offer leaders today a model for building, using and sustaining leadership networks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour networks will include some of the people you consider your audience or followers. It will include other leaders as well as people who you believe have potential to become followers and leaders. Your networks will include supporters and advisers, friends and mentors, even your family. You need to develop the people- connections in your life, understand how they can enhance your leadership and look for ways that you can enhance theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe intentional and strategic about building networks that further your goals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach issue you confront presents a different networking situation, and offers the opportunity to expand your contacts. Ask yourself: who can help me achieve my vision, how and when?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Lipmen Blumen in The Connective Edge talks about leaders skilled in the social style who develop \"social networks,\" or \"Lego for grownups.\" These leaders have a strong political sense and they \"focus on the connective tissue between people and groups…;.Leaders who favor social styles call on relationships without embarrassment, guilt or discomfort.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Lipmen Blumen describes is a two-step process. First you need to be open to the people connections around you, then you need to develop the contacts that promise a mutually helpful relationship. A one-way network is not a network anymore than a one-way conversation is a conversation. The creative energy of your networks lies in discovering the tapestry of information, influence and support that can be woven between and among your relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303170396389,"sku":"NP9781591840206","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781591840206.jpg?v=1767731221","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/leadership-the-eleanor-roosevelt-way-isbn-9781591840206","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}