Leadership the hard way why leadership can't be taught and how you can learn it anyway
Leadership the Hard Way presents a method of living and working that can truly facilitate the learning of leadership. Their method shows how to go against the current, fight conventional wisdom, and embrace the unexpected. It is about trusting oneself and valuing intuition, principles, and imaginati...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2008]
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Warren Bennis signature series.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627549606719 |
Table of Contents:
- Leadership the Hard Way: Why Leadership Can't Be Taught and How You Can Learn It Anyway; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Flying Through a Thunderstorm; Thunderstorm Over Greece; An Environment of Turbulence; A Self-Taught Leader; A Different Kind of Leadership Book; Chapter 1: INSISTING ON SURVIVAL; A Wartime Childhood; "The Last Operation to Close in a Crisis"; Containing Fear; Setting "Impossible" Goals; A Catalyst for Innovation; Chapter 2: LEADING AGAINST THE CURRENT; Leadership as Counterculture; Apart from the Mainstream; Winning the War for Talent; Learning from Mistakes
- From the Periphery to the CenterChapter 3: LEVERAGING RANDOM OPPORTUNITIES; Turning a Problem Into a Product; Staying True to a Vision; Striking When the Iron Is Hot; Going Through the Window; Chapter 4: LEADERSHIP UNDER FIRE; A Different Kind of War; A Question of Survival; Thinking Differently; The First Attack; "Scud Business as Usual"; Delivering-No Matter What; Chapter 5: THE SOFT SKILLS OF HARD LEADERSHIP; Freeing Up Time; The Discipline of Daydreaming; Trusting-and Testing-Intuitions; Communicating Through Behavior; Chapter 6: MAKING VALUES REAL; Being Relentless About Values
- Saying "No"Transparency, Not Purity; Acknowledging Mistakes; Maintaining the Tension Between Values and Behavior; Chapter 7: BOOTSTRAPPING LEADERSHIP; Staying True to Your Passion; The Invisible Mentor; Becoming a "Reflective Practitioner"; Learning from Your People; Epilogue: Knowing When to Let Go; Notes; Acknowledgments; The Authors; Index
