{"product_id":"9780891414278","title":"Lead On: A Practical Guide to Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A warm yet specific book which cuts to the heart of leadership issues and savvy.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Bookwatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformal, even conversational in style, \u003ci\u003eLead On!\u003c\/i\u003e is nevertheless a serious handbook from which aspiring leaders can learn how to achieve seemingly impossible goals. The book is replete with examples from the author’s experience and from the history of the nuclear navy, where the price of failure can be death.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Civilian managers will find that many of the principles discussed here can be employed with profit in private industry. The old school of motivation by coercion never accomplished much with submarine sailors, who are among the navy’s elite, and the author has found that what works with this new breed of mariner-technician can be of enormous value in dealing with the members of an entrepreneurial organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLead On!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A wealth of advice on military leadership that is also pertinent to civilian managers.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Retired Officer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is a particular pleasure to see an officer from the ‘silent service’ publish his thoughts and viewpoints. In a light and breezy style . . . Admiral Oliver [expresses] some current thinking on critical issues.”\u003cb\u003e—USNI \u003ci\u003eProceedings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034067419376,"sku":"9780891414278","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780891414278_p0.jpg?v=1763855595","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780891414278","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}