1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955656103321

Autore

Vermilion William <1830-1894.>

Titolo

Love amid the turmoil : the Civil War letters of William and Mary Vermilion / / edited by Donald C. Elder, III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2003

ISBN

9781587294334

1587294338

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VermilionMary <1831-1883.>

ElderDonald C. <1952->

Disciplina

973.7/477/0922

B

Soggetti

Married people - Iowa

Soldiers - Iowa

Iowa History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

Iowa History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Indiana History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. "Still I Am Proud of My Gallant Soldier Husband"; 2. "You Are in Danger Now, Every Day, I Know"; 3. "I Want to Know Whether Our Government Is Really Worth Dying For"; 4. "Since I Came Home I Am Entirely Satisfied with Iowa"; 5. "I Knew Somebody Had Lost Friends, and I Feared It Was I"; 6. "I Will Never Forget All the Bitter Experiences of the Last Year"; 7. "I Listen Every Hour to Hear of a Decisive Battle"; 8. "Our War Can't Last Much LongerAs It Is Now Carried On"; 9. "The Days Are Long and Dreary till You Come Home"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index

Sommario/riassunto

William Vermilion (1830-1894) served as a captain in Company F of the  36th Iowa Infantry from October 1862 until September 1865. Although he  was a physician in Iconium in south central Iowa at the start of the  war, after it ended he became a noted lawyer in nearby Centerville; he  



was also a state senator from 1869 to 1872. Mary Vermilion (1831-1883)  was a schoolteacher who grew up in Indiana; she and William married in  1858. In this volume historian Donald Elder provides a careful selection  from the hundreds of supportive, informative, and heart-wrenching  letters that they wrot

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155305403321

Autore

Kets de Vries Manfred F.R

Titolo

Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster : An observer's guide / / by Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319451626

3319451626

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 190 p.)

Disciplina

658.4092

Soggetti

Strategic planning

Leadership

Experimental economics

Business Strategy and Leadership

Experimental Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter1 -- Going down...Chapter2 -- Going up...Chapter3 -- Coasting.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of short, bite-sized nuggets of insight into the psychological ups and downs of the leadership journey from one of the world's top thinkers on leadership. Leadership often means living on the edge, living a life less ordinary, leaving the straight and narrow to take a more exciting path. Like riding a roller coaster, there will be moments that take our breath away but it is in those moments that we feel truly alive. Although we may not know what is coming round the next bend or after the next rise, we have a great time on the ride. Kets



de Vries's examination of the "inner theatre" pushes leaders and their coaches to become a personal and organizational detectives, to look beyond the obvious and discover the deeper meaning of their own and others' actions. Doing so can prevent leaders becoming prisoners of their own past, failing to recognize the repetitive patterns in their behavior, making the same mistakes over and over again. Leaders are more likely than followers to experience ups and downs, successes and failures, happy days and sad. The intensity of the experience depends on the "rider." They can scream or enjoy the ride-or, indeed, do both. They can make the best out of the beginnings and endings, the good times and bad, or they can sink beneath them. In Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster Kets de Vries provides leaders and their coaches with the insights that can help them take some control of the ride. .