Will To Lead: Managing with COurage & Conviction in the Age of Uncertainty
Author: Neil H. Snyder, Angela P. Clontz
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ISBN: 0786310146
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade (01 September, 1996)
Sales Rank: 573,621
Average Customer Rating: 2 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 1 out of 5
A BOOK THAT FAILS THE READER AND DOESNT LIVE UP TO THE HYPE
Apart from its title, the book itself superficially describes certain important issues in the work place. It merits attention for its "timeliness" but fails in its "prescriptions" for success in the upcoming millenium. Business per say is much more complicated than the book defines it to be, and improvement within the workplace depends on many other factors that the book at best alludes to. All in all, it simplifies everything rather than show the specific nuances that exist within the issues. It brashly treats such issues with zero tolerance. As so, this book deceives the reader, a classical work of appearence and reality. It appears to do a good job, but in reality it's just another mediocre book that summarizes the work of better books. Its bibliography, however, is worth a peek. Therein will the reader quench his desire to understand what this book fails to explore well.
Rating: 1 out of 5
NOT A GOOD BOOK -- STICK WITH COVEY
Unfortunately, this book fails its reader on many, many issues. It reads a little too much like a kids work, with a small summary at the end of each chapter titled "Moving On" where the book provides the reader with an unenlightening preview of the next chapter of the book. On the whole. it's redundant, superficial at best, and supremely vague. Your best bet as a consumer is to find better books on the same subject, or simply peruse a copy of this book for its bibliography. All in all, not worth it. Stephen Covey's works are far superior.
Rating: 1 out of 5
A POORLY WRITTEN BOOK -- DO NOT BUY IT, BUY COVEY'S BOOK
This book deserves a look-through for its bibliography and nothing more. Do not read it because you will waste your time. Neil Snyder offers this as a "management tool" for all times, but what it effectively does is rehash better books by better authors on the same subject. Other books in the bibliography will give the reader insight into the issues that Snyder tries to tackle but cannot for he has rather monstrous biases that infect his work and call into question the work's accuracy. At best, the book reflects the author himself -- an extremely haughty character who stifles any argument to the contrary of his own. This proves interesting precisely because he pretends to espouse a universal and delicate understanding of the business issues at hand, and considers himself worthy to lead his discussion, armed with "VISION, COURAGE AND VALUES", when IN FACT, SNYDER POSESSES NONE OF THE ABOVE. As a former student of his, I can vouch that Snyder's work is full of hot air. His book is a pretender -- it pretends to be good but it's not. If you wish to read it, save your money and check it out at a library.
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