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The Wizard and the Warrior: Leading With Passion and Power

The Wizard and the Warrior: Leading With Passion and Power

Bolman, L. G. and Deal, T. E.  The Wizard and the Warrior: Leading with Passion and Power.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,  2006.   (Find on Amazon, Barnes & Noble,or bookshop.orgThe Wizard and the Warrior gives leaders the insight and courage they need to take risks on behalf of values they cherish and the people they guide. Great leaders must act both as wizard, calling on imagination, creativity, meaning, and magic, and as warrior, mobilizing strength, courage, and willingness to fight as necessary to fulfill their mission. Best-selling authors Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal present the defining moments and experiences of exemplary leaders such as  Thomas Keller (head chef of French Laundry), David Neeleman (CEO of Jet Blue), Mary Kay Ash, Warren Buffet, Anne Mulcahy, Joan of Arc, and Abraham Lincoln.  All have wrested with their own inner warrior and wizard. Engaging, realistic case studies raise questions and suggest possibilities without rushing to simple answers.