A terrific insight into the mind of one of the greatest leaders of the century. Giuliani clearly lays out that the leadership that he provided in 9/11 didn't just happen, it was predicated on years of putting great systems in place. Awesome book. A must read.

Rudy's ideas on leadership with a focus on how they got him through 9/11

I thought this book would be more of an autobiography which is why I rated it two stars. It was more about leadership, how he learned from others in order to lead, how to be a good leader. He tied in historical events, mainly 9/11 which were interesting to read how the leaders reacted immediately and went into action.

I great book to read, I am not intrested in US politics or his side in politics. What made this book a great book to read is how he reduced crimes in NY dow more than 60%. For me that is the power of good system or good software system. Everyone in any goverment, health care and etc. should learn from this book

I thought this was a great book, mainly because it's written around leadership principles and not chronologically. Obviously, there's some self-promoting involved here and Giuliani is certainly washing his hands clean of any wrong doings, but despite that it offers interesting insights into leadership. You get a behind the scenes look wat what it takes to run a city like New York. The chapter on 9/11 is interesting of course, but I've learned more than that. The concept of 'weddings are discretionary, funerals are mandatory' for instance is one that stuck with me.

Oh Rudy. Rudy the hero. Rudy the saint. Rudy the saviour.

Post 9/11 (the event this man has dined out on for 20 years now), Giuliani was a saint with an impeccable reputation, so much so that a major publisher let him write this. Then he went ahead and ruined it all.

We should probably get all of the ‘hair dye leaking and Borat jokes�� out of the way early. His buck-toothed idiot son with no experience wants to run for Governor of New York on the back of his surname, his daughter coming out and saying she likes gangbangs and that he failed as Trump’s lawyer in multiple court cases claiming election fraud. Oh and yeah, he married his cousin.

Man, this man has fallen from greatness since this book was published. He was once’America’s Mayor’ and the great shoulder to cry on after 9/11. But now he’s a pathetic shell of a man, holding press conferences outside a dildo shop and looking very incompetent.

But don’t worry, in LEADERSHIP, he gets in the calling card disaster he has traded on ever since then that dark day twenty years ago in New York. Immediately we get a non-9/11 tale of his heroism (a theme of the book) when he runs into a burning church and saves everyone.

Back to Ground Zero and Rudy visits five times on the day (probably because he is one of the only people allowed there), setting up an emergency control centre and everyone else is banned. Rudy then felt anger when he saw a man leaning out of the 102nd floor before jumping to his death.

I have questions.

How did he know, on the ground, that it was (smoke filling his lungs and eyesight, one imagines), a man and the 102nd floor that he was jumping from? A lot of his experiences on the very front line are questionable.

I feel that some of this book is revisionist history, especially about that disaster but he has brought this upon himself by being a deeply untrustworthy individual in the most recent past. The hands on 9/11 experience is probably you are not going to find better, he’s just a little swine. And its hard to take what he says now in 2021, seriously. But as someone interested in that, it’s fascinating. Just also frustrating. The rest of it is self-serving and incredibly boring. Its a lot of administrative decisions and filling employment posts, mixed with the odd policy here and there.

A big ‘leadership’ message Rudy has is one of ‘accountability’. Why he then went to work for a habitual liar who took zero responsibility for anything that happened on his watch is anyone’s guess.

Top to bottom, this is a four star read, for sure. But his recent behaviour and alliances with the Trump nonsense has earned him two stars. He also doesn’t acknowledge the fact that he allowed members of the Bin Laden family to fly out of New York when nobody else could, on September 12th.

Giuliani has clearly lost his sense of morality, perspective and that quality that he holds so dear in this book, that of being alert, respectful and always with clarity.

Just ask Borat’s daughter.

A friend of mine loaned me a copy of this book. I don't agree with his politics, but I thought this book had some good information. It was a good read.

Phenomenal insights on leadership. Each principle explained with his own real life experience. Amazing read

Rescato el tema de las juntas que organizaba Rudolph Giuliani con la gente clave de la ciudad de Nueva York, y su metodología de trabajo. HM.

"Rudolph Giuliani pasará a la historia por su papel como alcalde de Nueva York el día de los ataques terroristas –11 de septiembre del 2001. Su serenidad, su solidaridad con las víctimas y los habitantes de la ciudad y su liderazgo en la recuperación de la “Gran Manzana” lo han convertido en una figura de talla mundial.
Consejos:
· No hay nada mejor para la efectividad del trabajo en equipo que una reunión matutina con los colaboradores más cercanos.
· Primero lo importante, luego lo urgente.
· Se debe conseguir la mayor cantidad y mejor posible de información, ésta debe ser una obsesión.
· Nunca se deben descuidar los pequeños detalles.
· Hay que prepararse en profundidad, estudiar permanentemente, no depender tanto del conocimiento de los demás, analizar uno mismo los problemas.
· Visualizar la meta y el proceso es un ejercicio útil.
· Organiza todo en torno a un propósito.
· Siempre hay que usar indicadores para medir el progreso. Todo puede ser contabilizado.
· Hay que asumir la responsabilidad plena por todas las tareas del oficio.
· Un buen líder informa con frecuencia y extensamente a sus seguidores acerca de cómo va la gestión.
· Se le debe dar clara línea y objetivos específicos a cada uno de los subalternos que reportan directamente.
· La clave del éxito consiste en rodearse de excelente gente.
· Ser consciente de los puntos débiles propios es indispensable para proceder a subsanarlos.
· Al escoger a los miembros del equipo no hay que dejarse impresionar por sus estudios, sino por los logros concretos que haya obtenido a lo largo de su vida.
· Es necesario estar constantemente “avivando el fuego” (motivando el grupo)
· Antes de tomar una decisión crucial se le debe dedicar todo el tiempo posible a tomar en consideración el mayor número de perspectivas posibles. Pero una vez tomada la decisión, sólo hay que concentrar las energías en esa alternativa.
· Las discusiones son útiles, no hay que evitarlas, generan “tensión creativa”.
Algunas decisiones se basan en estadísticas, otras en pura intuición. Las más complicadas requieren las dos.
· No se deben hacer promesas que no se puedan cumplir, hay que prometer menos de lo que se puede dar.
· Hay que desarrollar y comunicar convicciones firmes. Son los principios, los valores y las grandes ideas lo que hace efectivo a un líder. Sé tu propio hombre, dirige tu vida y escribe tu guión.
· La principal virtud: Lealtad.
· La noción de que cambiar de parecer acerca de una cuestión equivale a mostrar debilidad es ridícula. Las personas deberían estar dispuestas a admitir cuándo hay una evidencia que les obliga a cambiar de parecer. Eso es una señal de honradez, no una falta de agallas”.
· Se debe comunicar en el lenguaje más claro y sencillo posible, de la manera más directa, sin intermediarios. Hay que ser uno mismo –hablar desde el fondo del corazón.
· No se debe dejar que las críticas definan la agenda.
· Los miembros del equipo no son fusibles que se cambian a la primera crisis. Hay que defenderlos todo lo posible.
· Hay que estar presente, físicamente, en el lugar apropiado, en los momentos difíciles. Las bodas son elegibles, los funerales obligados.
· Enfréntate a los matones y sé duro con los duros.
· Se tienen que controlar al máximo las emociones, pero si no puede no hay problema en mostrar el rostro humano."

Fuente: http://www.librosdeluz.net/liderazgo-...

I love this book because Giuliani backs up his principles with a lot of hard concrete facts. You may not agree with his politics, and he may have skewed some statistics that occured during his term to make him look good (I don't know the context of New York during the 1990s-2000s), but you have to admit this book contains good writing and is well written. Giuliani writes like he's talking to you and only you, so I really appreciate the colloquial language he uses. This book inspires me to follow some of his principles.

For the record I rate this as a rating before he went off the deep end.

It was hard to be objective when so much of what we see of the author now makes him look “challenged” at best. There are some good leadership recommendations throughout, but none that you don’t find elsewhere. I’m skeptical of his perspective on much of the stories but they are good relatable examples of leadership in action.