The future of leadership : today's top leadership thinkers speak to tomorrow's leaders / Warren Bennis, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Thomas G. Cummings, editors.
Material type: TextSeries: Jossey-Bass business & management seriesPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2001.Description: xvi, 316 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0787955671 (alk. paper)
- 9780787955670 (alk. paper)
- 658.4/092 21
- HD57.7 .F87 2001
- 85.05
- QP 380
- QV 584
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292) and index.
Preface / Thomas G. Cummings, Gretchen M. Spreitzer -- Part 1. Setting the stage for the future -- The future has no shelf life / Warren Bennis -- The era of human capital has finally arrived / Edward E. Lawler III -- Part 2. The organization of the future -- A world of fleas and elephants / Charles Handy -- Knowledge work and the future of management / Thomas H. Davenport -- Boundaryless / Steven Kerr -- Trust me on this : organizational support for trust in a world without hierarchies / Thomas A. Stewart -- Part 3. The leader of the future -- Bringing leadership lessons from the past into the future / James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner -- Leadership as the legitimation of doubt / Karl E. Weick -- Leading yourself / Philip Slater -- The context of creativity / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Why do we tolerate bad leaders? : magnificent uncertitude, anxiety, and meaning / Jean Lipman-Blumen -- The evolving role of executive leadership / Cathy L. Greenberg-Walt, Alastair G. Robertson -- When leadership is an organizational trait / James O'Toole -- Part 4. How leaders stay on top of their game -- Just say yes! / Tom Peters -- Heroic leadership's greatest battle : the defeat of disappointment versus the disappointment of defeat / Jeffrey Sonnenfeld -- Part 5. Insights from young leaders -- Where the leaders are : the promise of youth leadership / Tara Church -- Seeking a newer world / Edward W. Headington -- Part 6. Some closing thoughts -- The leadership challenges of the next generation / Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Thomas G. Cummings -- Postlude : an intellectual memoir / Warren Bennis.
A collection of wisdom and inspirational offerings, from today's business leaders to those who would be leaders tomorrow. Topics range from the arrival of the era of human capital to creating a context for creativity in the workplace. Examines challenging issues tomorrow's leaders may face.
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