Leadership is one of those subjects that seems simple until one actually has to practise it. In On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century, former British prime minister Tony Blair examines what makes leaders effective, drawing on his decade in Downing Street as well as his subsequent work with governments around the world. The result is a practical examination of leadership that is informed by experience, though inevitably shaped by the author's own perspective.
Vision Meets Execution
Rather than presenting leadership as a matter of personality or charisma alone, Blair focuses on the mechanics behind effective decision-making. He explores setting priorities, choosing and managing people, organising government, delivering reform and responding to crises. His central emphasis is on the relationship between vision and delivery because a good plan, however impressive on paper, eventually has to meet the rather less glamorous business of implementation.
