The world already has a million books about leadership and leading organizational change, why would it possibly need yet one more? Windward Leadership is not "just another" such book; in fact, it is different several distinctive ways.
First, Windward Leadership is highly pragmatic. Author Jim Ruprecht shares those time-tested theories and practical methods with which he has hands-on experience putting into practice over the course of his career-a career spent sailing into the prevailing organizational winds and political seas.
Second, in this spirit of pragmatism, Ruprecht avoids that safe, sophisticated, academic language that is too often used today to camouflage one's meaning rather than reveal it. Windward Leadership is written in an authentic, sometimes irreverent, always distinctive voice.
Third, Windward Leadership is not written just for C-suite executives. Rather, it is also written for those "distributed leaders" sprinkled throughout today's enterprises. Whether you are a senior executive trying to take your organization on a different course, or you are a middle or first line manager simply trying to improve the performance of your team, or you are a project manager dealing with the subtle kind of cultural change that is inherent in every project, Windward Leadership is not written for leaders who send plays in from the sidelines--Windward Leadership is written for those leaders who are on the field.
Finally, Ruprecht makes entertaining use of analogies, metaphors, and personal stories to make Windward Leadership fun to read.
