Conversations on Leadership Wisdom from Global Management Gurus

by Liu, Lan

• ISBN13: 9780470825693
• ISBN10: 0470825693
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-31
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A veritable who's who in leadership, Conversations on Leadership features Warren Bennis, Jim Kouzes, John Kotter, Noel Tichy, Peter Senge, James March, Howard Gardner, Bill George, and others. Since each leader has a distinctive approach, this book provides the multi-faceted truths of leadership to broaden and deepen the understanding of the readers.

Author Biography

Lan Liu is a researcher at Peking University's Center for China Strategic Studies and adjunct professor at the Beijing Peter F. Drucker Academy, where he teaches leadership courses on their executive programs. The author of five books in Chinese, including People First (2010, co-author), Master Classes of Leadership (2009), and Ten Truths of Management (2008), for seven years he was editor-in-chief of Chief Executive China, a leading business-management magazine with around 200,000 subscribers. In a varied career, he has been a columnist of China Business Times, associate director of case center of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, and deputy general manager of an advertising agency. Liu holds a B.A. in International Politics and an M.A. in International & Intercultural Communication from Peking University, and an M.P.A. in International Development from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction: The Eight Disciplines of Leadership	p. 1
Essential Leadership Qualities	p. 25
Leadership is Everybody's Business	p. 27
Generous Leadership	p. 45
Authentic Leadership	p. 57
Leadership in Organizations	p. 73
Leading a Learning Organization	p. 75
Leading a Teaching Organization	p. 89
Success Built to Last	p. 103
Leading Through Storytelling	p. 123
Leaders as Storytellers	p. 125
Stories as a Force for Change	p. 141
Complexities in Leadership	p. 155
Leadership and Life	p. 157
Leading Quietly and Morally	p. 173
Leadership on the Couch	p. 189
Eastern Perspectives on Leadership	p. 209
Leading the Confucian Way	p. 211
Leading Consciously	p. 235
Afterword: Beyond the American Model	p. 255
Index	p. 261
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