Leadership in the New Normal: A Short Course by Russel L Honore
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
There is a lot of wisdom in Honore's little leadership work, but the retired general has not much more than scant if intriguing anecdotes about his four decades of military leadership and before that coming of age in rural Louisiana. someone should of looked out for him on the fact front: Galileo was deemed heretical for believing the world moved, not that it was flat, and idealizing portraits meant to mythologize are not a sound basis for analysis of Washington's field generalship. This man's life and wisdom has at least one good book in it, but this ain't it.
Here's my paraphrasing of the author's excellent leadership ideals:
1) execute the routine expertly
2) face what seems impossible bravely
3) be able to act in the face of criticism
The lack of fact-checking really hurts my enjoyment of this book and respect of the author. I like the insight of the world traveler: a world of cell phones gives the have-nots a window into the haves. But, on facts, can I trust? Honore claims there were no snipers in the post-Katrina Crescent City, that it was all mis-interpreted noise. But, if he gets Galileo wrong?
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