By David Lapin Avoda Books, 322 pages; $19.95
Greatness of character powers leadership success more than any other single factor, says David Lapin, author of Lead By Greatness . Lapin, a business strategies, rabbi, and CEO of Lapin International, has found that the best leaders rely on their stature, not their status, to inspire others. Working with leaders around the globe, Lapin pinpoints eight traits of extraordinary leaders, including authenticity, destiny, mastery, humility, vulnerability, generosity, awareness and wisdom. Lapin expands on these concepts via case studies with stalwarts such as Southwest Airlines, Starbucks and Google. There's plenty to learn from Lapin, but no doubt he'd rather readers learn more about themselves than anything he could pass along.
