Leadership Lessons from StarTrek-The Next Generation*
by Wess Roberts, Ph.D. and Bill Ross
Published by Pocket Books
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Make It So
Leadership Lessons from StarTrek-The Next Generation*
by Wess Roberts, Ph.D. and Bill Ross
Published by Pocket Books
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Publisher's Description:
The fast-changing business world of today is far different from just a few years ago. Success in today's marketplace requires new leadership techniques, new thinking, an and eye for the future...
In Make It So: Leadership Secrets for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wess Roberts and coauthor Bill Ross take their inspiration from today's most striking and most popular vision of the future - Star Trek* - an unprecedented television, feature film and publishing phenomenon. From the top rated television series Star Trek: The Next Generation*, Roberts and Ross find a new symbol for successful leadership: Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
As entertaining as it is useful, Make It So captures the mythos of Star Trek: The Next Generation* as it delivers dramatically rich lessons on leadership, including the importance of the ability to focus on a single "mission," effective communication, teamwork, honor ... and other important concepts. The examples are taken from the on-screen adventures of Captain Picard and the Starship Enterprise*, but the lessons and the benefits are real - and can be embodied by the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D.
Sure to appeal to Star Trek enthusiasts and serious students of leadership alike, Make It So is the most exciting business book on the shelves - the one book that show the future of modern leadership while giving managers the tools they need for success today!
*Star Trek, Starship Enterprise and Star Trek-The Next Generation are registered and copyrighted trademarks of Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.
Wess Roberts is the bestselling author of Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, Victory Secrets of Attila the Hun, Protect Your Achilles Heel - Crafting Armor for the New Age at Work, and Straight A's Never Made Anybody Rich. During his business career he held senior management positions at American Express, Fireman's Fund, Northrup Services Company, and Courseware, Inc. The executive producer of six award winning motivation and training films, he has authored more that forty five professional papers on human behavior. He lives in Utah with his wife, Cheryl, and their children, Justin, Jaime, and Jeremy.
Bill Ross is vice president and general manager of WGNO-TV in New Orleans. Ross's extensive broadcasting career includes management and sales positions at television stations and broadcast representative companies. Currently he is working with Brandon Tartikoff on various program projects for national syndication and for national cable channels. Taking an active role in both community and professional development, Ross is a member of the boards of directors for the New Orleans Sports Foundation and the Easter Seal Society. Ross also serves as president of the Greater New Orleans Broadcasters Association.
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