Very Good, Diverse Collection of Essays on the Art of Leadership
Christopher Kolenda's "Leadership: The Warrior's Art" is a very good collection of essays on leadership, written by military practitioners, and for a military audience. Colonel Kolenda served as the editor and author of the three of the essays.
The contributors include senior generals, other current and retired Army officers, and military professors. The essays range the entire gamut of issues from attempts to define leadership (based largely on classical definitions) to historical treatments to in-depth discussions of how to recruit Special Forces soldiers or implementing unit training plans. Some of the essays are excellent and others aren't very interesting, useful, or instructive; and there is no enduring definition of leadership or pervasive theme - they are all stand-alone pieces.
These essays have a very good mix of perspectives and insights. Because of the diverse approaches to leadership, these essays show why it truly is an "art" and not a science that can be mastered simply through formula and study. While anyone in a management or leadership role could learn from many of the essays, because of the military focus, these are most useful to military leaders or those who study them. The essays in this book would be great discussion points for an ROTC class, and this book should be on the bookshelf of any leader in today's military.
On Army leadership
Leadership is a subject with several points of view and examples of leaders abound throughout the history. Maj Kolenda did a fine selection of all of them in LEADERSHIP: THE WARRIOR'S ART. Do not look for the right answer or the right attitude in this book since it has no conclusions on how to be a better leader. But better yet, Maj Kolenda's collection on leadership provides us with a wide knowledge base in order for us to discover the leadership within. So, why four stars? Because it looks like leadership is just an Army issue. Nevertheless, it is an excellent book on a difficult issue.
A good read for soldiers young and old
This was some pretty intriguing literature. A little dry if you aren't really wanting to learn something from another. Everyone seems to feel that they are natural born leaders and books like this are for others. I'm here to tell you leaders are made not born.
The truth is plain here. Learn from the past or repeat in the future. The story has been told many times and read many ways..but, no one seems to ever learn.
No point in repeating the other reviews. They are all pointing in the same direction.
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