Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way Book

Eleanor Roosevelt?s remarkable ability to confront and successfully overcome hurdles--be they political, personal, or social--made her one of the greatest leaders of the last century, if not all time. A veritable roadmap to heroic living, Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way examines the former First Lady?s leadership development from her earliest years as a young woman faced with a plethora of obstacles, through her enormously productive and politically involved years in the White House, as an honorary Ambassador, an author, and beyond, providing women from all walks of life with a model for personal achievement. Focusing on the need for women to take greater leadership roles, author Robin Gerber draws on the values, tactics, and beliefs that enabled Eleanor Roosevelt to bring about transformational changes-in herself, and in the world. Each chapter begins with an introductory story taken from successive periods in Eleanor?s life, followed by the lessons she learned and how they contributed to her growth as a person and as a leader. Gerber also provides anecdotes from Eleanor?s life, as well as from the lives of contemporary "everyday" women to show how all women can discover and further develop their leadership skills.Read More