Aim High, Deborah Lee James
Aim High, Deborah Lee James
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Aim High
Chart Your Course and Find Success

Author: Deborah Lee James, Sheryl Sandberg

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/30/2019

Synopsis

As the 23rd Secretary and the "CEO" of the male-dominated U.S. Air Force (only the second woman to lead a U.S. military service), Secretary Deborah Lee James led a force of 660,000 people and managed a $139 billion budget—larger than the GDP of more than 120 countries. In the midst of unprecedented political dysfunction in Washington, she faced down enormous challenges, including preparing military women and men to fight terror in the Middle East, combatting sexual assault in the military, and responding to a crisis in the nuclear enterprise.

In Aim High: Chart Your Course and Find Success, Deborah James shares her personal and professional challenges, outcomes, strategies for success, and the problem-solving principles she used to overcome the daunting pressures, threats, and challenges that come with rising to the top of the U.S. Armed Forces. As a supplement to her storytelling, Bain and Company, a top-tier management consulting firm, offers research and statistics that prove James's insights have widespread impact.

The book offers an insider's view on how things really work in Washington—and how the author's five-step, repeatable problem-solving approach can work in any walk of life.

About Deborah Lee James

As Secretary of the Air Force under President Obama, Deborah Lee James basically served as "CEO" of a 660,000-person, $139 billion enterprise. She also held both staff and P&L positions at defense contractor giant SAIC, and today leverages all of her experience to advise within the world of the boardroom.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cora

Are you going to read this book or will you continue to queep? I just finished SECAF James's book and found it inspiring and down to earth. She shows the human side of rising to one of the most senior and visible roles in the nation, and the world. It is tremendously readable, with usable, pragmatic......more

Goodreads review by Molly

This book was good for what it is- an advice book for people in the public and private sector. I enjoyed the memoir-like parts of the book, but the end with all the case studies had me a bit lost. All in all, I have deep respect for any woman in a position of power. Deborah James addressed many syst......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Inspirational Read From Future First Female President To be honest, Ms. James did not say or even hint anything about Presidency. I just hope the nation could be so fortunate to have someone in the Oval Office with her leadership skills. Ms. James articulates many common-sense leadership skills and te......more

Goodreads review by Diana

I really enjoyed this book. I am a career Army officer and I could relate to many of the challenges the author faced as a woman leader in the business world as well as the Pentagon. She offered good examples of what went well and what did not. She is not just offering a theory of good leadership - s......more

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