Pulitzer Prize-winning author, presidential historian, and political commentator Doris Kearns Goodwin analyzes leadership - how its learned, developed, and exercised - using her four primary subject and the crises they navigated:

-Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
-Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Great Depression and, later, World War II
-Lyndon B. Johnson and the Civil Rights movement
-Theodore Roosevelt and his showdowns with monopolies

An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights, Forged in Crisis, by celebrated Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer Ernest Shackleton; President Abraham Lincoln; legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson.

WIth Ten Caesars, classicist and historian Barry Strauss covers 300 years of the Roman Empire through its 10 most consequential leaders. Some emperors were true leaders, propelling the Empire forward while reigning over an inclusive, prosperoous society. Other emperors were abject failures, often putting their own needs and wants ahead of the Empire's or just shirking duties all together.

This collection of speeches and essays by David McCullough provide countless examples of ordinary Americans, guided by purpose and moral duty, banding together to make the impossible possible, whether it's building a birdge or a canal or discovering flight or taking on the word's most powerful army.

Walter Isaacson, biographer of Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, and Ben Franklin, explores a range of leadership strategies and styles in his book The Innovators. Leadership is usually collaborative and complementary with clear communication up-and-down the leadership chain.