Contemporary Issues in Leadership

by Rosenbach, William E.; Taylor, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780813317557
• ISBN10: 081331755X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

This new edition of Contemporary Issues in Leadership speaks directly to the central points of change: leadership versus management; leadership and followership; and especially, the diversity of leadership styles and pathways.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
The Human Dimension	p. 1
What Makes a Leader?	p. 5
A New Vision of Leadership	p. 19
To Give Their Gifts: The Innovative, Transforming Leadership of Adaptive Work	p. 43
Do You Have the Will to Lead?	p. 65
Inside Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina Combines Discipline, New-Age Talk	p. 73
Defining Values	p. 79
Moral Person and Moral Manager: How Executives Develop a Reputation for Ethical Leadership	p. 85
Politics or Porcelain?	p. 101
Crisis, Culture, and Charisma: The New Leader's Work in Public Organizations	p. 111
Leading Learning Organizations	p. 125
A View About "Vision,"	p. 131
The Evolving Paradigm of Leadership Development	p. 143
Followers for the Times: Engaging Employees in a Winning Partnership	p. 163
Retrospectives	p. 183
Plato on Leadership	p. 187
Napoleon's Tragic March Home from Moscow: Lessons in Hubris	p. 209
The Greatest Man Churchill and Truman Ever Met	p. 229
The Antileadership Vaccine	p. 233
Dilemmas and Paradoxes	p. 241
The End of Leadership: Exemplary Leadership Is Impossible Without Full Inclusion, Initiatives, and Cooperation of Followers	p. 247
Do We Really Want More Leaders in Business?	p. 261
We Won't See Great Leaders Until We See Great Women Leaders	p. 275
Narcissistic Leaders: The Incredible Pros, the Inevitable Cons	p. 281
Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve	p. 297
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 311
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