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9780787955670

The Future of Leadership: Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders , Hardcover

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  • ISBN13:

    9780787955670

  • ISBN10:

    0787955671

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-05-01
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Summary

Provocative insights on leadership from a "who's who" of leadership thought including: Tom Peters, Charles Handy, and Jim Kouzes A stellar cast of the world's foremost leadership gurus comes together in one place to offer their thoughts on leadership in the new economy. Edited by renowned leadership expert Warren Bennis, the book addresses issues that Bennis identifies as the ones that "keep CEOs up at night", including why we tolerate bad leaders, why leadership is everyone's business, and how ethics will play into new leadership. With contributions from Charles Handy, Tom Peters, Barry Posner, Jim Kouzes, and Warren Bennis-as well as from such young entrepreneurs as Michael Klein and Tara Church-no other book includes the caliber of authors and the range of thinking found in The Future of Leadership. Warren Bennis (Santa Monica, CA) is University Professor and Distinguished Professor of the Marshall School of Business. He is the author of nineteen books, including the bestselling Leaders (coauthored with Burt Nanus) and On Becoming a Leader. Gretchen M. Spreitzer (Pacific Palisades, CA) is Assistant Professor at USC Marshall School of Business and a faculty affiliate of both the Center for Effective Organizations and the Leadership Institute. Thomas Cummings (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) is Dean of USC's Marshall School of Business.

Author Biography

WARREN BENNIS distinguished professor of the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, is the author of nineteen books, including the best-selling Leaders (with Burt Nanus) and On Becoming a Leader. GRETCHEN M. SPREITZER is assistant professor at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and a faculty affiliate of both the Center for Effective Organizations and the Leadership Institute. THOMAS G. CUMMINGS is the chair of the Department of Management and Organization at the University of Southern California and Executive Director of the Leadership Institute. He is associate editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Thomas G. Cummings
Gretchen M. Spreitzer
Part One: Setting the Stage for the Future
The Future Has No Shelf Life
3(11)
Warren Bennis
The Era of Human Capital Has Finally Arrived
14(15)
Edward E. Lawler III
Part Two: The Organization of the Future
A World of Fleas and Elephants
29(12)
Charles Handy
Knowledge Work and the Future of Management
41(18)
Thomas H. Davenport
Boundaryless
59(8)
Steven Kerr
Trust Me On This: Organizational Support for Trust in a World Without Hierarchies
67(14)
Thomas A. Stewart
Part Three: The Leader of the Future
Bringing Leadership Lessons from the Past into the Future
81(10)
James M. Kouzes
Barry Z. Posner
Leadership as the Legitimation of Doubt
91(12)
Karl E. Weick
Leading Yourself
103(13)
Philip Slater
The Context of Creativity
116(9)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Why Do We Tolerate Bad Leaders? Magnificent Uncertitude, Anxiety, and Meaning
125(14)
Jean Lipman-Blumen
The Evolving Role of Executive Leadership
139(19)
Cathy L. Greenberg-Walt
Alastair G. Robertson
When Leadership Is an Organizational Trait
158(19)
James O'Toole
Part Four: How Leaders Stay On Top of Their Game
Just Say Yes!
177(12)
Tom Peters
Heroic Leadership's Greatest Battle: The Defeat of Disappointment Versus the Disappointment of Defeat
189(22)
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Part Five: Insights from Young Leaders
Where the Leaders Are: The Promise of Youth Leadership
211(15)
Tara Church
Seeking a Newer World
226(15)
Edward W. Headington
Part Six: Some Closing Thoughts
The Leadership Challenges of the Next Generation
241(13)
Gretchen M. Spreitzer
Thomas G. Cummings
Postlude: An Intellectual Memoir 254(27)
Warren Bennis
Notes and References 281(12)
Index 293(12)
The Authors 305

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