Jon Meacham explores what 21st-century leaders in different fields of endeavor can learn from the greatest moments of our common past. This presentation — non-partisan in content and tone — ranges from Jefferson’s pragmatism to Jackson’s management of public opinion, JFK’s capacity to recover from his own mistakes, and Reagan and FDR’s ability to manage conflicting egos. Meacham discusses how history can inform the decisions all of us make every day in positions that demand creative and innovative solutions.
“Meacham wisely has chosen to look at Jefferson through a political lens, assessing how he balanced his ideals with pragmatism while also bending others to his will.”
— Jill Abramson, The New York Times Book Review
Jon Meacham is the author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (2012), a No. 1 New York Times bestseller that has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post, among others. His most recent book, Destiny and Power, chronicles the life of George H. W. Bush, drawing on his personal diaries and on extraordinary access to the president and his family, thereby painting an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. Meacham received the Pulitzer Prize for American Lion, his bestselling 2008 biography of Andrew Jackson. He is a regular contributor on Meet the Press, Morning Joe, and Charlie Rose.
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