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The future of leadership : today's top leadership thinkers speak to tomorrow's leaders

Author: Warren G Bennis; Gretchen M Spreitzer; Thomas G Cummings
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2001.
Series: Jossey-Bass business & management series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A collection of wisdom and inspirational offerings, from todays 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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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Future of leadership.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2001
(OCoLC)606593019
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Warren G Bennis; Gretchen M Spreitzer; Thomas G Cummings
ISBN: 0787955671 9780787955670
OCLC Number: 45830099
Description: xvi, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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 --
Notes and references --
Index --
The authors.
Series Title: Jossey-Bass business & management series.
Responsibility: Warren Bennis, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Thomas G. Cummings, editors.
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A collection of wisdom and inspirational offerings, from todays 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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