A Passion For Leadership

Having led change successfully at three sprawling, monumental _x000D_ organizations—the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of _x000D_ Defense—Robert M. Gates offers the ultimate insider's look at how _x000D_ leaders can transform large organizations and companies. For many _x000D_ Americans, bureaucracy and corporate structure are code words for _x000D_ inertia. Gates knows that it doesn't have to be that way. With stunning _x000D_ clarity, he shares how simple plans, faithfully executed, can cut _x000D_ through the mire of bureaucracy to reform organizational culture. And he_x000D_ shows that great leaders listen and respond to their teams and embrace _x000D_ the power of compromise. Using the full weight of his wisdom, candor, _x000D_ and devotion to duty, he empowers leaders at any level to effectively _x000D_ implement his leadership strategies.