The Leadership Book

Nel Jurd, a British army veteran and former leadership instructor at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, is the national director of initial officer training for the British Army’s Cadet Force. He served in the British Army in Iraq, Yemen, Bosnia and Sierra Leone, and taught leadership at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Jurd was injured by enemy mortar fire leading his Gurkha Squadron in Iraq and earned commendations for his leadership as a junior officer.

In this practical overview of a leader’s responsibilities, he distills the lessons he learned serving on the front lines and later taught at Sandhurst.