And now there are. It has been proven that a manager's character affects the company's profitability. Business is not just about dollars and cents, but about leadership. Few people personify leadership better than Winston Churchill.As one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, he has something to teach us all. Although Churchill found success as a politician, his approach to leadership transfers seamlessly to the business world. Presented here are Churchill's techniques for dealing with the most common and frustrating issues a leader faces: managing personnel,communicating, learning from mistakes and many others.

Preface

INTRODUCTION The World of Politics and the World of

Commerce---What Business Leaders Can Learn from

the Great Statesmen

CHAPTER I The Keys to Understanding Churchill

CHAPTER 2 The Executive Churchill: A Brief Survey

of His Career in Public Office

CHAPTER 3 Confronting Failure and Learning from Mistake

CHAPTER 4 Churchill on Administration: Responsibility

and Organization

CHAPTER 5 Churchill on Personnel: Managing People

and Managing Yourself

CHAPTER 6 The Power of Decision: Churchill's

Thought Process

CHAPTER 7 Churchill the Communicator

CHAPTER 8 Churchill's Personal Traits: The Completion

of Leadership

CHAPTER 9 Churchill the Inventor and Innovator

CHAPTER 10 Substance over Style--Moral Purpose,

Destiny, and the Force of Personal Leadership

APPENDIX A Biographical Sketch of Churchill's

Executive Career

Source Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index