Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader (People Skills for Professionals) by Warren G. Bennis |
by Peter F. Drucker
|
by Malcolm Gladwell
|
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins |
by Stephen R. Covey
|
|
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
Review
"Warren Bennis is one of the most perceptive and experienced writers on leadership and management....The book is full of lively insights expressed in vivid terms." ––John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
"Only Warren Bennis has the unique combination of thirty years′ study of leaders and leadership and twenty years′ practical experience as COO and CEO of large and difficult organizations that makes Why Leaders Can′t Lead the best book on how leaders can lead." ––Peter Drucker
"Warren Bennis is one of the most perceptive and experienced writers on leadership and management. . . . He knows a lot about why our common efforts don′t work and how they might be made to work. The book is full of lively insights expressed in vivid terms." ––John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and founding chairman of Common Cause
"This is vintage Bennis! Bennis at his best!" ––Robert TownsAnd, author of Up the Organization and Further Up the Organization
"Only Warren Bennis has the unique combination of thirty years′ study of leaders and leadership and twenty years′ practical experience as COO and CEO of large and difficult organizations that makes Why Leaders Can′t Lead the best book on how leaders can lead." ––Peter Drucker
"Warren Bennis is one of the most perceptive and experienced writers on leadership and management. . . . He knows a lot about why our common efforts don′t work and how they might be made to work. The book is full of lively insights expressed in vivid terms." ––John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and founding chairman of Common Cause
"This is vintage Bennis! Bennis at his best!" ––Robert TownsAnd, author of Up the Organization and Further Up the Organization
Product Description
A Selection of the Executive Program and Fortune Book Clubs
Leaders beware. There′s an unconscious conspiracy afoot, aiming to sabotage your plans and undermine your vision. Entrenched bureaucracy, ominous social trends, and mind–numbing routine are among its members?and their proliferation is an unfortunate sign of our times. But take heart. In this highly acclaimed work, legendary management consultant Warren Bennis unmasks the culprits, analyzes their tactics, and offers new insights for change agents struggling to take charge in an era that conspires against effective leadership.
The best book on how leaders can lead.
––Peter Drucker
Bennis teaches leaders to maximize their virtues, correct their faults, face change successfully, and love their work. Leaders will win, but so will their organizations: Bennis advocates a collaborative leadership that empowers employees and enhances organizational effectiveness.
A priceless gift to those seeking to be accountable leaders.
––Max De Pree, author of Leading Without Power
So learn why leaders can′t lead. Then learn how they can lead. This book––alive with warmth and wisdom––is essential reading both for leaders and for the human resource professionals who teach them.
Leaders beware. There′s an unconscious conspiracy afoot, aiming to sabotage your plans and undermine your vision. Entrenched bureaucracy, ominous social trends, and mind–numbing routine are among its members?and their proliferation is an unfortunate sign of our times. But take heart. In this highly acclaimed work, legendary management consultant Warren Bennis unmasks the culprits, analyzes their tactics, and offers new insights for change agents struggling to take charge in an era that conspires against effective leadership.
The best book on how leaders can lead.
––Peter Drucker
Bennis teaches leaders to maximize their virtues, correct their faults, face change successfully, and love their work. Leaders will win, but so will their organizations: Bennis advocates a collaborative leadership that empowers employees and enhances organizational effectiveness.
A priceless gift to those seeking to be accountable leaders.
––Max De Pree, author of Leading Without Power
So learn why leaders can′t lead. Then learn how they can lead. This book––alive with warmth and wisdom––is essential reading both for leaders and for the human resource professionals who teach them.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
At 8:20 A.M. on June 17, 1969, one day after his last ordeal as acting president of the University of Oregon, Dr. Charles Johnson rounded a sharp, blind curve and drove his Volkswagen head-on into a Mack B-61 diesel log truck and Peerless log trailer with a load of thirteen logs weighing sixteen tons. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
At 8:20 A.M. on June 17, 1969, one day after his last ordeal as acting president of the University of Oregon, Dr. Charles Johnson rounded a sharp, blind curve and drove his Volkswagen head-on into a Mack B-61 diesel log truck and Peerless log trailer with a load of thirteen logs weighing sixteen tons. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
 |
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. |
