Frances Hesselbein

Leader Future

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Business Week Best-Seller...Over 140,000 Copies Sold"An exciting exposition of numerous ideas on leadership that can nourish the reader spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally. The book is richer for its contributions from diverse leadership thinkers--academics, consultants, and practitioners.... It can offer a challenge to the reader wishing to become more like the leaders whom these numerous authors profile."--Academy of Management Executive "The Leader of the Future is a thought-provoking collection of essays that gets readers up to speed on the most important trends facing today's leaders. It's a one-stop shopping guide that shows how leaders can be successful."--Training & Development. The Leader of the Future offers cutting-edge essays that directly address the future quality of businesses, organizations, and communities--and the leadership required not just to survive, but to thrive. Acclaimed authors, world-renowned consultants, and respected executives present their special perspectives on leadership and a compelling glimpse into the future. This best-selling collection demonstrates: How leaders motivate by turning the organizational pyramid upside down. How partnering has become a primary skill of world-class leaders. How leaders of the next millennium can create an organizational culture based on principles. How leaders emerge--indepAndent of official rank or status--from organizations that nurture dispersed authority How to inspire hope and purpose in those who want direction and wish to contributePeter F. Drucker, Charles Handy, Sally Helgesen, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Stephen R. Covey, and many other great thinkers share their visions of tomorrow's leader--as different and commanding as their individual records of success--and each powerfully relevant to the future of business, government, and the nonprofit sector.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Financial Times
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780787909352
• ISBN-10: 0787909351
• Artikelnr.: 20786744

Autorenporträt

FRANCES HESSELBEIN is chairman of the board of governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and editor in chief of its journal, Leader to Leader. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1998. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH is a founding director of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company, one of America's key providers of customized leadership development. He is a cofounder of the Learning Network, an association of the world's top consultants. RICHARD BECKHARD is an organization development consultant, author of six books, and former professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents: Part I: Leading the Organization of the Future 1. The New Language of Organizing and Its Implications for Leaders Charles Handy 2. Leading the De-Jobbed Organization William Bridges 3. Leading from the Grass Roots Sally Helgesen 4. Creating Organizations with Many Leaders Gifford Pinchot 5. Leading Learning Organizations: The Bold, the Powerful, and the Invisible Peter M. Senge 6. Leadership and Organizational Culture Edgar H. Schein 7. Leading a Diverse Work Force John W. Work 8. Turning the Organizational Pyramid Upside Down Ken Blanchard Part II: Future Leaders in Action 9. World-Class Leaders: The Power of Partnering Rosabeth Moss Kanter 10. Seven Lessons for Leading the Voyage to the Future James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner 11. Leaders Who Shape and Keep Performance-Oriented Culture James L. Heskett, Leonard A. Schlesinger 12. The "How to Be" Leader Frances Hesselbein 13. On Future Leaders Richard Beckhard 14. Peacetime Management and Wartime Leadership Judith M. Bardwick 15. A Recipe for Glue David M. Noer Part III: Learning to Lead for Tomorrow 16. Three Roles of the Leader in the New Paradigm Stephen R. Covey 17. Developing Three-Dimensional Leaders James F. Bolt 18. New Skills for New Leadership Roles Caela Farren, Beverly L. Kaye 19. The Ultimate Leadership Task: Self-Leadership Richard J. Leider 20. The Following Part of Leading Douglas K. Smith 21. Credibility X Capability Dave Ulrich 22. Learning from Past Leaders Warren Wilhelm 23. Ask, Learn, Follow Up, and Grow Marshall Goldsmith Part IV: Executives on the Future of Leadership 24. The Leader Who Serves C. William Pollard 25. A Constitutional Model of Leadership Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr. 26. Either/Or Yields to the Theory of Both Alex Mandl, Deepak Sethi 27. Key Leadership Challenges for Present and Future Executives William C. Steere, Jr. 28. Energy and Leadership William N. Plamondon 29. The Puzzles of Leadership Steven M. Bornstein, Anthony F. Smith 30. An "Outsider's" View of Leadership Sara E. Melendez 31. Growing Tomorrow's Leaders George B. Weber

Rezensionen

"An exciting exposition of numerous ideas on leadership that can nourish the reader spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally. The book is richer for its contributions from diverse leadership thinkers--academics, consultants, and practitioners.... It can offer a challenge to the reader wishing to become more like the leaders whom these numerous authors profile." -Academy of Management Executive

"The Leader of the Future is a thought-provoking collection of essays that gets readers up to speed on the most important trends facing today's leaders. It's a one-stop shopping guide that shows how leaders can be successful." -Training & Development