Book · 2006 · Biography & Autobiography
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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One of the best books on political leadership and understanding how to foster public opinion change is Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
What they say about it
- Praises leadership insights“one of the best books on political leadership”5
- Calls it a favorite“one of my favorite books”2
The best things said about it
Team of Rivals, absolute must-read, Lincoln's genius as a wielder of an unwieldy cabinet.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Oct 2026 Doris I think it's K Goodwin has a wonderful book called Team of Rivals I love it and it just goes into the all all the details of each of these personalities and how you dealt with them.
If you read Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals or about Franklin Roosevelt or Steve Jobs they often like to have more creative tension within the team.
Walter Isaacson On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Apr 2021 And it's a team of rivals, which is by far my my favorite of them, is how when he gets the nomination and then he gets the presidency and he's the least likely to do any of this, how he brings Mlelen, Seward, I mean, all of these people into his world.
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Why people recommend it
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is an acclaimed historical biography examining Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary political leadership and his strategic decision to appoint his fiercest opponents to his presidential cabinet. Ryan Holiday strongly recommended the book on The Daily Stoic as an absolute must-read study on leadership, frequently revisiting its marked pages and epigraphs. Sarah McBride praised the volume on The Ezra Klein Show as one of her favorite books on political leadership and shaping public opinion. Ehud Olmert also recommended Goodwin's historical work on the podcast, while Jefferson Fisher discussed the biography on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett and The Daily Stoic, highlighting the intricate details of Lincoln's personality management and his tactical integration of political rivals like Seward and McClellan into his administration. Furthermore, Walter Isaacson mentioned the book on On Purpose with Jay Shetty to illustrate how historical leaders successfully fostered creative tension within their teams.
Every mention
Ryan Holiday And then Team of Rivals, absolute must-read, Lincoln's genius as a wielder of an unwieldy cabinet. 4
Recommended
“And then Team of Rivals, absolute must-read, Lincoln's genius as a wielder of an unwieldy cabinet.”
Discussed
“Actually, let let me let me just get into it right now then because for for for that chapter, I fell in love with a thing that you have as an epigraph to team of rivals, which uh you can see here I have I have done my reading on. These are all all pages I have marked.”
Discussed
“I love Team Arrivals, I think.”
Discussed
“I think Doris Goodwin wrote about that in her book, Team of Rivals.”
Jefferson Fisher Doris I think it's K Goodwin has a wonderful book called Team of Rivals I love it and it just goes into the… 2
Discussed
“And it's a team of rivals, which is by far my my favorite of them, is how when he gets the nomination and then he gets the presidency and he's the least likely to do any of this, how he brings Mlelen, Seward, I mean, all of these people into his world.”
Recommended
“Doris I think it's K Goodwin has a wonderful book called Team of Rivals I love it and it just goes into the all all the details of each of these personalities and how you dealt with them”
Ehud Olmert I can recommend also you know uh the uh book of uh Dory Karn Goodwin. I like to read her history books whic… 1
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“I can recommend also you know uh the uh book of uh Dory Karn Goodwin. I like to read her history books which are absolutely fascinating about you know the uh the uh uh dinner of rivals and uh of Lincoln of Johnson of you name it.”
Sarah McBride So to this conversation, I think one of the best books on political leadership and understanding how to fos… 1
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“So to this conversation, I think one of the best books on political leadership and understanding how to foster public opinion change is Team of Rivals by Doris Karns Goodwin. It's one of my favorite books.”
Walter Isaacson if you read doris kearns goodwin's team of rivals or about franklin roosevelt or steve jobs they often like… 1
Recommended
“if you read doris kearns goodwin's team of rivals or about franklin roosevelt or steve jobs they often like to have more creative tension within the team”
Lisa Napoli I just read my first doris currents goodwin which one oh which one group of rivals oh yeah another big fat one 1
Discussed
“I just read my first doris currents goodwin which one oh which one group of rivals oh yeah another big fat one”
Theo Von there's a book called like Team of Rivals he just got everybody disagreed with 1
Discussed
“there's a book called like Team of Rivals he just got everybody disagreed with”
Tommy Vietor when i think back to our transition the narrative around our cabinet was team of rivals it was because ther… 1
Discussed
“when i think back to our transition the narrative around our cabinet was team of rivals it was because there was a book on abraham lincoln out with that same name”
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Passing
“there's famous Abraham Lincoln famous story in uh Doris Kern Goodwin's of team of rivals where Abraham Lincoln goes around the table asks the entire cabinet and and they all say no no no no and they come to the and Clinton and and Lincoln says I and gentlemen the eyes have it.”
Passing
“It kind of goes back to Lincoln's team of rivals, right? You have this pure product vision, and like, who are the people you're going to hire around you to actually get that product to market?”
Passing
“A team of rivals similar to what Lincoln had, you would have had variety. And the scientific method actually would have then been used and employed.”