Good content and excellent description. It can use be used for introduction class

This is an interesting new business book that tries to break from current management thinking to share reasons why leaders need to be more autocratic and how they can be successful doing so. The author, Rajeev Peshawaria, has delivered executive coaching and consulting globally, in addition to being the Chief Learning Officer of both Coca-Cola and Morgan Stanley and other senior positions at American Express and Goldman Sachs. He has had a very impressive career that leads credence to his management philosophy. He uses an array of interesting data points and statistics to paint a picture of why managers need to employ more autocratic practices to be successful. At the end of each chapter he includes a good summary and valuable questions to help each reader think through how these concepts could apply in their business. This book also includes a truly global view which I rarely see in business books.

I enjoyed this book because it did cause me to stop, absorb and process the concepts he was touting but at the end of the day I don't think what he is ascribing is as drastically different than what others describe. He encourages many of the 21st century norms and behaviors that many popular social psychologists tout today with one difference - the leader needs to lead and to him this means make autocratic decisions but - and there is a big but, only if the leader clearly understands and leads with values. Overall a good read - worth your time.