The Leader of the Future: New Visions, Strategies and Practices for the Next Era

by Editor: Frances Hesselbein; Editor: Marshall Goldsmith; Editor: Richard Beckhard

• ISBN13: 9780787909352
• ISBN10: 0787909351
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Leading-Edge Thought From the World's Best Business Minds "A one-stop shopping guide that shows how leaders can be successful in the year 2000 and beyond."--American Society for Training and 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. Peter 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Peter F. Drucker
Preface	xvii
Part 1 Leading the Organization of the Future
The New Language of Organizing and Its Implications for Leaders	3	(8)
Charles Handy
Leading the De-Jobbed Organization	11	(8)
William Bridges
Leading from the Grass Roots	19	(6)
Sally Helgesen
Creating Organizations with Many Leaders	25	(16)
Gifford Pinchot
Leading Learning Organizations: The Bold, the Powerful, and the Invisible	41	(18)
Peter M. Senge
Leadership and Organizational Culture	59	(12)
Edgar H. Schein
Leading a Diverse Work Force	71	(10)
John W. Work
Turning the Organizational Pyramid Upside Down	81	(8)
Ken Blanchard
Part 2 Future Leaders in Action
World-Class Leaders: The Power of Partnering	89	(10)
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Seven Lessons for Leading the Voyage to the Future	99	(12)
James M. Kouzes
Barry Z. Posner
Leaders Who Shape and Keep Performance-Oriented Culture	111	(10)
James L. Heskett
Lonard A. Schlesinger
The ``How to Be'' Leader	121	(4)
Frances Hesselbein
On Future Leaders	125	(6)
Richard Beckhard
Peacetime Management and Wartime Leadership	131	(10)
Judith M. Bardwick
A Recipe for Glue	141	(8)
David M. Noer
Part 3 Learning to Lead for Tomorrow
Three Roles of the Leader in the New Paradigm	149	(12)
Stephen R. Covey
Developing Three-Dimensional Leaders	161	(14)
James F. Bolt
New Skills for New Leadership Roles	175	(14)
Caela Farren
Beverly L. Kaye
The Ultimate Leadership Task: Self-Leadership	189	(10)
Richard J. Leider
The Following Part of Leading	199	(10)
Douglas K. Smith
Credibility x Capability	209	(12)
Dave Ulrich
Learning from Past Leaders	221	(6)
Warren Wilhelm
Ask, Learn, Follow Up, and Grow	227	(14)
Marshall Goldsmith
Part 4 Executives on the Future of Leadership
The Leader Who Serves	241	(8)
C. William Pollard
A Constitutional Model of Leadership	249	(8)
Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr.
Either/Or Yields to the Theory of Both	257	(8)
Alex Mandl
Deepak Sethi
Key Leadership Challenges for Present and Future Executives	265	(8)
William C. Steere, Jr.
Energy and Leadership	273	(8)
William N. Plamondon
The Puzzles of Leadership	281	(12)
Steven M. Bornstein
Anthony F. Smith
An ``Outsider's'' View of Leadership	293	(10)
Sara E. Melendez
Growing Tomorrow's Leaders	303	(8)
George B. Weber
Index	311