Leadership and the Art of Struggle, Steven Snyder
Leadership and the Art of Struggle, Steven Snyder
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Leadership and the Art of Struggle
How Great Leaders Grow Through Challenge and Adversity

Author: Steven Snyder

Narrator: Erik Synnestvedt

Unabridged: 6 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/04/2013


Synopsis

All Leaders Face Adversity. Exceptional Leaders Thrive in It.

Leadership is often a struggle, and yet strong taboos keep us from talking openly and honestly about our difficulties for fear of looking weak and seeming to lack confidence. But Steven Snyder shows that this discussion is vital—adversity is precisely what unlocks our greatest potential.

Using real-life stories drawn from his extensive research studying 151 diverse episodes of leadership struggle—as well as from his experiences working with Bill Gates in the early years of Microsoft and as a CEO and executive coach—Snyder shows how to navigate intense challenges to achieve personal growth and organizational success. He details strategies for embracing struggle and offers a host of unique tools and hands-on practices to help you implement them. By mastering the art of struggle, you’ll be better equipped to meet life’s challenges and focus on what matters most.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula

In Leadership and the Art of Struggle, Steven Snyder combines examples of leadership struggles faced by leaders in many walks of life (big business, non-profit, politics) with exercises any of us can do to help clarify our path to reaching our own leadership aspirations. Woven throughout the combina......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Wow! What a great book ! I enjoyed Steven Snyder's Leadership and the Art of Struggle so much that I had to ration it out in readings, rather than just reading it in 2 or 3 readings, as I easily could have done. I love the in-depth and well-researched examples that the author provides in every chapt......more

Goodreads review by Shaun

I've read many books on the subject of leadership and this is one of the best I've read. It paints that leadership is a journey to understand your personal struggles and weaknesses, and learn to overcome them. There are exercises and stories shared here that make you think. They help you evaluate wh......more

Goodreads review by Deborah

This book captured powerful concepts of the words that leaders at times fear; struggle, challenge, adversity in an academically inspiring way. For these realities of life and leadership are the very things that once embraced can bring the greatest lessons and widespread success. Steven's use of exam......more

Goodreads review by Liz

Closer to a 3.5 star but not a full 4. Nothing super mind blowing about leadership stories but there were some good exercises on the book.......more