Why It Matters

By John A. White,

Book cover of Why It Matters: Reflections on Practical Leadership

Book description

Teachers are Leaders and Leaders are Teachers. In Why It Matters, John A. White draws on a wealth of expertise acquired across his six-decade career as a corporate leader, chancellor, dean, educator, engineer, and consultant to create a thorough and thought-provoking treatise on leadership philosophy. Based in part on Leadership…

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1 author picked Why It Matters as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book is both a recounting of White’s career as an educator and a consultant, peppered with practical advice.

The advice he offers stems from both his life experience and from the experience of others. The experiences of others and the recommendations they offer are based on the many other books on leadership White has read, and on his and his students' interactions with the scores of leaders he invited to speak in the classes on leadership he taught.

This book covers all major topics and presents a compendium of opinions.

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