A Higher Standard
Leadership Strategies from America's First Female Four-Star General

I mined this book for insight into leadership skills and management anecdotes but what I especially enjoyed in the end was a newfound respect for military life. And most especially the sense of multi-generational teamwork along with the sense of dedicating ones life to something bigger than themselv......more

I have wanted to read this book for as long as I knew about its publication. When I was a lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne, we had our first female field grade officer join the Division. That was Ann Dunwoody, who was then a major. I did not have many interactions with (then) Major Dunwoody as she wa......more

There is a veritable amount of good leadership tips and tricks in the book. I did find it difficult to read this because she wrote it like a military report and transitions sometimes were a bit abrupt. So I had to take my reader hat off and put my Army hat back on to get through. Kudos to General (R......more

3/5 This took me a while to read as a secondary book, because I couldn’t find a lot of reasons to keep picking it up. It’s a book on leadership of General Ann Dunwoody, the first female 4-star general officer in the US Military. She has an awesome story, and some great examples of adversity she had t......more