View from the Top : Universal Principles of Effective Leadership

In this work, Everest climber and explorer Sir Chris Bonington examines the forces that foster effective leadership, one of the most important issues facing modern business.

Bonington uses his experiences on Everest to capture the principles that have enabled him to lead expeditions to the top of the world's most unforgiving mountain.

In using this powerful metaphor, Bonington illuminates the leadership qualities of managers in business - the same qualities that the great explorers take with them to Everest.

Like their mountaineering counterparts, great business leaders are gatherers and motivators of talent; they plan with precision, yet are flexible to change; they are not afraid of failure and of making mistakes; they are a source of inspiration and vision, they can be decisive when it is called for; and they value integrity.

In this book, Bonington draws examples and lessons of effective leadership from mountaineering and applies them to today's world of management.