The Future of Leadership

Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-470-90745-0
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

"The Future of Leadership" vereint Gedanken, Meinungen und Ideen der international führenden Köpfe zum Thema Führung in der New Economy. Dieses Buch wurde von Leadership-Guru Warren Bennis herausgegeben und behandelt jene Kernfragen, die CEOs nachts den Schlaf rauben, wie z.B. "Warum dulden wir schlechte Führer?", "Warum geht Führung uns alle an?" und "Welche Rolle spielt die Ethik?". Mit Beiträgen von Charles Handy, Tom Peters, Barry Posner, Jim Kouzes, Warren Bennis selbst sowie von Jungunternehmern wie Michael Klein und Tara Church. Ein hochkarätiges Autorenteam vermittelt hier eine breite Palette innovativer Ideen. "The Future of Leadership" ist eine provozierende, vorausschauende und aufschlussreiche Lektüre für Führungskräfte.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennis, Warren

Spreitzer, Gretchen M.

Cummings, Thomas G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.

Part 1 Setting the Stage for the Future.

1 The Future Has No Shelf Life.

2 The Era of Human Capital Has Finally Arrived.

Part 2 The Organization of the Future.

3 A World of Fleas and Elephants.

4 Knowledge Work and the Future of Management.

5 Boundaryless.

6 Trust Me On This: Organizational Support for Trust in a World Without Hierarchies.

Part 3 The Leader of the Future.

7 Bringing Leadership Lessons from the Past into the Future.

8 Leadership as the Legitimation of Doubt.

9 Leading Yourself.

10 The Context of Creativity.

11 Why Do We Tolerate Bad Leaders? Magnificent Uncertitude, Anxiety, and Meaning.

12 The Evolving Role of Executive Leadership.

13 When Leadership Is an Organizational Trait.

Part 4 How Leaders Stay On Top of Their Game.

14 Just Say Yes!

15 Heroic Leadership's Greatest Battle: The Defeat of Disappointment Versus the Disappointment of Defeat.

Part 5 Insights from Young Leaders.

16 Where the Leaders Are: The Promise of Youth Leadership.

17 Seeking a Newer World.

Part 6 Some Closing Thoughts.

18 The Leadership Challenges of the Next Generation.

Postlude: An Intellectual Memoir.

Notes and References.

Index.

The Authors.

Über Autor(innen)

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.