Business Leadership : A Jossey-Bass Reader

by Gallos, Joan V.

• ISBN13: 9780787988197
• ISBN10: 0787988197
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-18
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The second edition of best-selling Business Leadership contains the best thinking on leadership from the biggest names in the business. It offers leaders everything they need to know to prepare for today's-and tomorrow's-leadership challenges: how to understand the leadership process, identify opportunities, get things started right, avoid predictable pitfalls, and maximize success. Effective leaders use mind, heart, and spirit in their work, and this volume is designed to guide and support leaders in their efforts. With an introduction by Joan V. Gallos-editor of the highly praised Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader-the author list for this invaluable resource reads like the who's who of business leadership.

Author Biography

Joan V. Gallos is professor of leadership at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction and Acknowledgments	p. xvii
About the Editor	p. xxv
Framing the Issues: What Is Leadership?	p. 1
Editor's Interlude
What Leaders Really Do	p. 5
Primal Leadership: The Hidden Power of Emotional Intelligence	p. 16
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership	p. 26
Reframing Leadership	p. 35
When Leadership Is an Organizational Trait	p. 50
Becoming a Leader, Preparing for the Opportunities	p. 61
Editor's Interlude
The Seven Ages of the Leader	p. 65
The Traces of Talent	p. 79
Leadership Is Authenticity, Not Style	p. 87
Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve	p. 99
Thinking Gray and Free	p. 115
Enhancing the Psycho-Spiritual Development of Leaders: Lessons from Leadership Journeys in Asia	p. 125
Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership	p. 142
Understanding the Territory, Anticipating the Challenges	p. 155
Editor's Interlude
Mapping the Terrain
Making Sense of Organizations: Leadership, Frames, and Everyday Theories of the Situation	p. 161
Leadership and the Power of Position: Understanding Structural Dynamics in Everyday Organizational Life	p. 180
Understanding Unique Features of the Challenge
The Boundaryless Organization: Rising to the Challenges of Global Leadership	p. 199
Knowledge Management Involves Neither Knowledge nor Management	p. 221
The Sustainability Sweet Spot: Where Profit Meets the Common Good	p. 230
Leading Geeks: Technology and Leadership	p. 244
Leading in Black and White: Working Effectively Across the Racial Divide	p. 255
Managing Middlescence	p. 271
Making It Happen	p. 287
Editor's Interlude
Getting Things Started
The First Ninety Days of Leadership	p. 293
What Is Our Mission?	p. 301
The Power and Creativity of a Transforming Vision	p. 305
Finding the Right Vision	p. 311
Developing Strategy: The Serious Business of Play	p. 324
Staying on Track
The Leader as Politician: Navigating the Political Terrain	p. 336
Want Collaboration? Accept-and Actively Manage-Conflict	p. 349
Creating and Managing a Learning Culture: The Essence of Leadership	p. 362
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail	p. 370
Leading at the Enterprise Level	p. 382
Execution: The Gap Nobody Knows	p. 393
Avoiding the Pitfalls
The Leader as Toxin Handler: Organizational Hero and Casualty	p. 407
Bad Leadership-and Ways to Avoid It	p. 423
Good or Not Bad: Standards and Ethics in Managing Change	p. 433
Sustaining the Leader	p. 443
Editor's Interlude
A Survival Guide for Leaders	p. 447
Preserving Integrity, Profitability, and Soul	p. 463
Learning for Leadership: Failure as a Second Chance	p. 478
Nourishing the Soul of the Leader: Inner Growth Matters	p. 486
Resilience and the Crucibles of Leadership	p. 504
Choose Hope: On Creating a Hopeful Future	p. 516
Notes and References	p. 519
Name Index	p. 549
Subject Index	p. 557
Credits	p. 595
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