WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE (MAY 07)(领袖们都到哪里去了？)

Lee Iacocca knows a thing or two about leadership As the legendary former boss of both the Ford Motor Company and the Chrysler Corporation, he has seen what happens when large organisations - whether they are car manufacturers or nationstates - don't have the right people at the helm. And now he's had enough. It's time, he argues, not just to acknowledge the problems but to demand solutions.
　　In brilliantly forthright, straight-talking style, Iacocca speaks his mind on the most pressing issues facing the United States and the wider developed world today: the shortage of responsible leaders in business and in government; America's damaged relations with its longtime allies; the challenges presented by the emergence of China and India on the world's economic stage; the decline of the American car business; and the state of the family in the West.
　　Sharing the lessons he's learned from a lifetime of hard work and adventure, of spectacular successes and stunning defeats, Lee Iacocca offers a clarion-call for change at what increasingly seems like a watershed for humanity. Do we pull together, for a better world, or pull ourselves apart? And who will be the leaders who determine that fate? Full of wisdom, passion and old-fashioned common sense, Where Have All the Leaders Gone? is a brilliant blueprint for our times.

Book Description
In his trademark straight-talking style, legendary auto executive Lee Iacocca speaks his mind on the most pressing issues facing America today: the shortage of responsible leaders in the business world and in government; the nation's damaged relations with its longtime allies; the challenges presented by the emergence of China and India on the world's economic stage; the decline of the American car business; and the state of the American family. Iacocca shares the lessons he's learned from a lifetime of hard work and adventure, of spectacular successes and stunning defeats, of integrity and grace and good old-fashioned American optimism.

From Publishers Weekly
It's fun listening to Lee Iacocca's gravelly voice scold us for the mess we're in. His curmudgeonly conversational style and idiomatic language make us feel as though grandfather is venting at us. His lists of complaints include Iraq and the lies that got us there, dependency on foreign oil, democracy undermined, grossly incompetent political appointees, eco-disastrous policies, deficit insanity, etc. He holds special venom for Cheney's pretense of distance from Halliburton's humongous profits from no-bid, no accountability contracts. But he holds irresponsible nonvoters and mindless voters responsible for it all. He exhorts us to listen carefully to presidential candidates and to apply to them his nine Cs of leadership: do they have curiosity, creativity, communication skills, character, courage, conviction, charisma, competence and common sense? Iacocca also describes how he put the Mustang and the minivan on the road and saved Chrysler from financial ruin, then blames his successor for the unequal marriage of (and divorce from) Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz. But Iacocca isn't simply a boaster and grumbler; he's also a doer. He established a leadership institute at Lehigh University to address the lack thereof, and a diabetes research foundation after his beloved wife died of the disease. Simultaneous release with the Scribner hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 2).

Book Dimension
length: (cm)21.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)14

Acknowledgments
PART 1: WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE?
I Had enough?
　II People and priorities: It's that simple
　III Can you show me where it's working?
　IV Aren't we supposed to be the good guys?
　V How much do we love democracy?
PART 2: WHERE HAVE ALL OUR FRIENDS GONE?
　VI Will the real leader of the free world plea sestand up
　VII Meet the coalition of the UNwilling
　VIII What will we do for oil?
　IX Free trade must be fair trade
　X Don't fence me in.. or out
PART 3: IS CAPITALISM LETTING US DOWN?
　XI Where does all the money go?
　XII Will we ever trust corporate America again?
　XIII Chrysler's lesson: Resist the urge to merge
　XIV Can anyone around here run a car company?
　XV Who will save the middle class?
　XVI The blame game is killing us
PART 4: CAN AMERICA BE GREAT AGAIN?
　XVII Are we too fat and satisfied for our own good?
　XVIII Bring back brain power
　XIX Three men who taught me to lead
　XX Get offthe golf course and DO something
　XXI 2008: A call to action
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