Connective Edge : Leading in an Interdependent World

by Lipman-Blumen, Jean

• ISBN13: 9780787902438
• ISBN10: 0787902438
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: JOSSEY BASS

Summary

Connect with a new kind of leadership Welcome to the Connective Era, an era of global competition that transforms arch-rivals into allies and compels them to cooperate in unprecedented ways--an era of fundamental change that demands a new approach to leadership. With this book, internationally acclaimed consultant Jean Lipman-Blumen defines that approach with a bold new model based on an innovative nine-part strategy. She provides historic examples from Wall Street to the Warsaw Pact, from Gorbachev to Ghandi. And she delineates the skills leaders need in order to flourish under the demands of interorganizational relationships, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.

Table of Contents

Part One: The Changing Dynamics of Leadership

1. New World, New Leadership: A Fundamental Shift

2. Why Are We So Hooked on Leaders Anyway? The Psychological and Existential Foundations of Leadership

3. American Leadership: Understanding Our National Addiction to Individualism, Cooperation, and Authoritarianism

4. A New Era: Intimations of New Leadership

Part Two: The Connective Leadership Model

5. Mapping Leadership Styles: Direct, Relational and Instrumental

6. The Direct Routes to Success: The Intrinsic, Competitive, and Power Styles

7. The Relational Path to Leadership: The Collaborative, Contributory, and Vicarious Styles

8. The Instrumental Road Less Travelled: The Personal, Social, and Entrusting Styles

9. Connective Leadershiup: More than the Sum of its Parts

Part Three: Bridging to the Stage 3 World

10. The Collective Organization: Matching Leadership and Organizational Styles

11. Women Leaders: An Oxymoron? Or Does GAnder Make a Difference?

12. Connective Leadership and the Serious Issues: Life, Death, and the Search for Meaning