Do leaders make history, or does history make leaders? What should we do when the wrong people are in power? And how can we harness the answers to find and become better leaders today?This book offers a deep-dive into the art, science and practice of leadership around the world and across ages, led by a Harvard professor and historian. Through wide-ranging and lively stories, Moshik Temkin considers the lessons, and warnings, we can take from leaders such as Franklin D Roosevelt an...

Do leaders make history or does history make leaders? A deep dive into how we define, seek, and become leaders.We live in a period of leadership in crisis. At home, and across the globe, we sense that unqualified and irresponsible individuals are being elevated to positions of power, strong men and autocrats are consolidating their hold on governance, and the people are losing faith in the prospect of a better future. How have we arrived at this point? And how can ...

¿Los líderes crean la historia o la historia crea a los líderes? Una profunda inmersión en el arte, la ciencia y la práctica del liderazgo.El liderazgo está en crisis. Todos sentimos que individuos no calificados e irresponsables están ocupando posiciones de poder: hombres fuertes y autócratas que se consolidan mientras la gente pierde la fe, la perspectiva de un futuro mejor. ¿Cómo hemos llegado a este punto? ¿Podemos corregir el rumbo?

Across the world, and throughout time, there have been people who have risen to the challenge of leading others. Sometimes their power is undeserved, sometimes it's illused, but always their actions have impact. But do leaders really make history, or does history make leaders? And how might we harness the answers to find and becomebetter leaders today?For the past decade, Moshik Temkin has been exploring these questions at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government an...

Do leaders make history or does history make leaders? A deep dive into how we define, seek, and become leaders.We live in a period of leadership in crisis. At home, and across the globe, we sense that unqualified and irresponsible individuals are being elevated to positions of power, strong men and autocrats are consolidating their hold on governance, and the people are losing faith in the prospect of a better future. How have we arrived at this point? And how can ...

¿Los líderes crean la historia o la historia crea a los líderes? Una profunda inmersión en el arte, la ciencia y la práctica del liderazgo.El liderazgo está en crisis. Todos sentimos que individuos no calificados e irresponsables están ocupando posiciones de poder: hombres fuertes y autócratas que se consolidan mientras la gente pierde la fe, la perspectiva de un futuro mejor. ¿Cómo hemos llegado a este punto? ¿Podemos corregir el rumbo?

Few American historians of his generation have had as much influence in both the academic and popular realms as Alan Brinkley. His debut work, the National Book Award–winning Voices of Protest, launched a storied career that considered the full spectrum of American political life. His books give serious and original treatments of populist dissent, the role of mass media, the struggles of liberalism and conservatism, and the powers and limits of the presidency. A longtime professor...

Few American historians of his generation have had as much influence in both the academic and popular realms as Alan Brinkley. His debut work, the National Book Award–winning Voices of Protest, launched a storied career that considered the full spectrum of American political life. His books give serious and original treatments of populist dissent, the role of mass media, the struggles of liberalism and conservatism, and the powers and limits of the presidency. A longtime professor...