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

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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cummings, Thomas, author (author), Bennis, Warren G. (-), Spreitzer, Gretchen M., Cummings, Thomas G.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass c2001.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Jossey-Bass business & management series.
Subjects:
Bennis, Warren G.
Leadership.
Organizational effectiveness.
Organizational change.
Management.
Management
Business & Economics
Management Styles & Communication
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009626950606719
Table of 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.

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