Building Leaders the West Point Way: Ten Principles from the Nation's Most Powerful Leadership Lab

I was reading Leadership: Past, Present & Future by Carlos M. Rivera and he talks about West Point, so I wanted to know more about West Point and Leadership and this is a great book. Every Leader should get both books. 5 Star book. A keeper.

The foreword by General Norman Schwarzkopf is impressive (I would have put his name on the cover) and the author's declaration that, "everything I have accomplished and learned, successes earned and disappointments endured--can be traced back to my days at West Point" alerts readers, right from the start where this book is going. What surprised me--having known a few generals in my time--is the candor with which Major General... Read Full Review

This is an excellent, no nonsense primer on leadership. General Franklin doesn't pontificate or preach; he presents practical, easy to read essays on ten key principals of leadership, principals that apply in every walk of life, not just the military. One would expect nothing less from a former Commandant of Cadets at West Point, the individual charged with turning America's finest young men and women into commissioned Leaders... Read Full Review

Joe Franklin's book is first and foremost an excellent tretis on what comprises leadership. It has two strengths not usually found in leadership discussions. First, General Franklin does not talk in absolutes, freely admitting and giving examples of where divergence from an accepted principal is not only acceptable but the right thing to do. Second, the book discusses leadership both in the military and in corporate America... Read Full Review

What a great book for future and current leaders. Easy to read and full of practical examples as well as thoughtfull insights