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Grass Roots Leadership is a practical, down-to-earth guide to understanding and practicing leadership in real life-not just in boardrooms or business schools. Designed to be easy to read and highly actionable, it blends insights from history, philosophy, psychology, economics, and everyday human behavior to reveal how true leadership develops from the ""ground up."" Built around the powerful concept of the Leadership Triangle, the book highlights how great leadership emerges from understanding the deep connections between major disciplines and the world around us. Readers are guided through leadership at home, in communities, across changing decades, and within modern topics like AI, digitalization, global politics, and hybrid workplaces. With clear reflections, contemporary examples, and practical steps, Grass Roots Leadership helps readers strengthen qualities like empathy, transparency, purpose, and emotional intelligence-while offering simple daily practices for becoming more grounded and effective in any role.

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My name is Lee W. Sargeant. I am a U.S. citizen, born in New York, NY, on 2 September 1955. I hold an MBA degree from Pace University Lubin School of Business and a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland. I am the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Global IT Investments & Expansions, a global company focusing on investments, investment procurement and investment consulting for IT and IT Services companies with revenues from $50 Mio to $900 Mio, that are seeking to expand their businesses. I am an ""international citizen"" having spent 25 years of my professional life in Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Spain), working for top tier companies such as GE, Bankers Trust New York (now Deutsche Bank), HP, Digital Equipment, Siemens, SunMicrosystems / Oracle, Fujitsu, and Intel in senior management and senior executive roles. I also lecture MBA stundents on the topics of strategic planning, leadership & management, advanced topics in finance and international business at European Business Schools. I currently reside in Munich Germany.My motivation for writing my book, ""Grass Roots Leadership"" ?1.I want to give something back to the greater public during times when leadership on all ranks, Government, the Business Community, Educational Institutions, and of course in Families, amongst friends and neighbors.2.As a business professional and part-time lecturer for MBA students, I want to share with them my practical experiences and ""lessons learned"" over 45 years of professional experience.3.I am a man of faith and meditation, and want to share the importance of daily prair and meditation.4.I recognized, a long time ago, the importance of understanding the connectivity between history, philosohpy, psychology, business, economics, and politics.5.I wanted to write a book that is enjoyable, fun, practical, and allows for readers to open any page and find valuable insights.Book description: (Grass Roots Leadership)Grass Roots Leadership is a practical (less that 100 pages), very professional and factual, and entertaining book on leadership. One of the basic premesis of the book, is what I call ""the Leadership Triangle"", which postulates that to be a leader, one needs to understand the interconnectivity of History, Philosophy, Psychology, Business / Economics, and Politics. The book provides contemporary definitions of leadership, and practical everyday guidance / advice on practicing leadership.Targeted Consumers:1.Business Managers, senior executives2.MBA Students3.General public that have an interest in philosophy, psychology, meditation, economics and politics, and to demostrate to them the importance of understanding the connectivity of these topics in practicing leadership.Relevant experience of me / the author: My experience as a manager, senior executive, and Chairman of the Board is outlined above. I post at least three times weekly on contemporary issues on leadership, management, success, and lessons learned in the IT industry. I have published an article in The Strategic Planning Journal years ago, entitled, ""Strategic Planning at a Subsidiary Level"".

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