First published 2013
Bob Lutz spent forty-seven years climbing through the auto industry before retiring from General Motors in 2010. Along the way, he encountered every type of leader imaginable. Some were brilliant visionaries who transformed companies. Others were stubborn fools who nearly destroyed them. Many fell somewhere between genius and disaster. Lutz survived Marine Corps drill instructors who used cruelty as motivation. He worked under alcoholics who had lost their edge and convicted criminals who ran major corporations. He watched charismatic leaders inspire teams and antisocial managers tear them apart. Now he tells the true stories behind these encounters. Each chapter reveals how different leadership styles succeed or fail in the real world. Lutz argues that business schools cannot teach what he learned from decades of observing actual leaders in action. The book offers lessons drawn from both the icons worth emulating and the idiots worth avoiding.
Genres: psychology, business, leadership, non-fiction
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: true-story
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
240 pages · Hardcover · Portfolio