In Extremis Leadership: Leading As If Your Life Depended On

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Praise for In Extremis Leadership

""In Extremis Leadership is one of the most phenomenal books on leadership to come along in decades. It's a myth-busting, heart-stopping, mind-blowing account of what it's really like to lead in life-and-death situations.""
Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the best-selling The Leadership Challenge and A Leader's Legacy

""Colonel Kolditz is a visionary in the field of leadership training and development.""

David S. Corderman, head of the Office of Leadership Development, FBI Academy

""We should always lead as if our lives depended upon it! Colonel Kolditz shows us how.""
Marshall Goldsmith, author of the best-selling What Got You Here Won't Get You There

""In Extremis Leadership can help all leaders build stronger organizations and a more uplifting society.""
Henry Cisneros, chairman, City View, and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

""The parallels between leading in high-stakes business ventures and leading in dangerous contexts are compelling.""
Chris C. Casciato, partner, Goldman, Sachs & Company

""Great wisdom and riveting stories.""
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor, and best-selling author, Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End

""Anyone in a leadership role can learn much from what it means to live, and lead, in extremis.""
John Alexander, president, Center for Creative Leadership

""Kolditz has successfully linked leading in dangerous contexts with the requirements of everyday leadership in an exciting read.""
Lieutenant General Franklin L. Hagenback, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy

""This book charts a path to better understanding of leadership in the real world.""
Howard T. Prince II, retired Brig. Gen.., U.S. Army, and director, Center for Ethical Leadership at the University of Texas

""In Extremis Leadership helps us appreciate what is essential for leading— whatever the field.""
Michael Useem, professor of management, the Wharton School, and author of The Go Point

""This book will help students grow and develop their own philosophies of leadership.""
Brian Barefoot, president, Babson College

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