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by John Wooden (Introduction by), R. Stewart Fisher (Author)
U.S. Navy Captain and former Commanding Officer Stew Fisher has the wisdom of years of experience leading men and women in large organizations. In this book, he highlights some of the great leaders of history who have inspired him: Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many others who brought about great change to society through their own ability to lead.
Stew Fisher is still a student of leadership and this book will benefit others with his own experiences and studies. It starts with self-mastery: striving for excellence, not perfection. He then walks the reader through how to improve on personal interactions and then extending that to team leadership. Finally, he concludes with leaving a legacy and a legion of future leaders. Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who wrote the Foreword before he passed away, had this to say about Leave a Legacy
"Stew reveals the secrets great leaders have known throughout the ages: Inspiring leadership comes from the heart, not the head. Too often, however, the leadership we see being used today focuses on 'management techniques' and totally misses what true leadership really is. Leave a Legacy is a timeless and wonderful book that you will want to keep on the shelf and refer to often. It explores the very same principles I used in my long coaching career at UCLA, and more importantly, as a father and a husband."
Author Biography
Captain Stew Fisher is a cum laude graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He retired from the Navy in 1998 after 31 years of service spanning the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. Captain Fisher led the Navy's first Blackhawk helicopter combat search and rescue squadron in Desert Storm, working with Navy SEAL teams, and later commanded 2000 men and women at Naval Air Stations Pt. Mugu, Lemoore, and China Lake, California. Awards received include the Air Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Legion of Merit, and the Meritorious Service Medal. During his long career, he attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., and served in the Secretary of the Navy's Total Quality Leadership Office. He authored and taught many of the Navy's quality and leadership courses and was a Strategic Planning Instructor/Facilitator. In his civilian career, Stew has served as an ISO 9000 auditor. He has developed "The Lighthouse: Advanced Leadership Seminar" which explores the secrets of great leaders, past and present. Stew is also a black belt in the martial art of Aikido and is a certified FAA Flight Instructor in both helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft. Stew lives in Camarillo, California, and Trenton, Michigan, with his wife, Yolanda, and has four grown children: Molly, Kelly, Patrick, and John. Stew teaches a two-day leadership seminar, "The Lighthouse" based on the principles found in his three books and is available for coaching your team.
