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I finished reading Rudy Giuliani’s book on leadership yesterday having read most of it by the pool in Ibiza last week. The first and last chapters cover the tragic aftermath of September 11th in Manhattan, and I found these most interesting because they discuss how he dealt both emotionally and practically with such a massively difficult situation. However, you come to realise throughout the rest of the book (as Rudy did) that everything he learned and put into place up until that terrible time made him one of the best prepared people to see New York through the WTC attacks.

For the most part the book is engaging throughout, I did come across the odd few pages which lacked interest because he lists out the multiple names of people you might never have heard of, listed not for the reader but more for Rudy’s own peace of mind (that he hasn’t offended anybody by missing them off). It’s also quite difficult to remember who’s who as there’s quite a bit of jumping about - particularly in the chaotic and tragic 9/11 chapters.

However, on the whole I found the book to be useful and discovered that I think a lot like Mr Giuliani (which is scary), I was able to relate a lot of what he has experienced to my everyday life and past experiences - albeit in a non US attorney capacity! A recommended read if you want to get the best out of a management situation, or just find out a bit more historical background to TV show ‘The Sopranos’.

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