Real Leadership Helping People and Organizations Face Their Toughest Challenges

Name: Real Leadership Helping People and Organizations Face Their Toughest Challenges
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ISBN: 9781576753439

ISBN-10: 1576753433

ISBN-13: 9781576753439

Edition: 2005 (Annotated)

Authors: Dean Williams

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Real Leadership debunks the notion that leaders are supposed to get people to follow and instead offers entirely new approach that leaders should get people to face the reality of the situation.In Responsible Leadership, Dean Williams argues that any leadership that lets people sidestep the sometimes-harsh truth of reality is irresponsible-and ultimately ineffective.Responsible leadership gets people to face difficult realities and mobilises them to address the organisation's most pressing challenge-the primary threat or opportunity that must be confronted in order to progress.Responsible leaders help people shift their values, habits, practices and priorities to accommodate changing…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/16/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.45" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Dean Williams earned his Doctorate and Master's degrees from Harvard University where he studied organisational change and leadership development. Today, he teaches leadership at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Willaims has consulted to governments and businesses around the world.



Introduction



Real Leadership: The Engine of Progress



Odin, Enron, and the Apes: Distinguishing Real Leadership from Counterfeit Leadership



Diagnostic Work: Determining the Principal Challenge



The Six Challenges of Real Leadership



The Activist Challenge: Calling Attention to a Contradiction in Values



The Development Challenge: Cultivating the Latent Capabilities Needed to Progress



The Transition Challenge: Moving from One System of Values to Another



The Maintenance Challenge: Protecting and Sustaining What Is Essential during Hard Times



The Creative Challenge: Doing What Has Never Been Done Before



The Crisis Challenge: Leading in a Period of Extreme Danger



Real Leadership in Action



Leading in Multiple Challenges: The Case of T. E. Lawrence



Odin, the Samurai, and You: Taking Responsibility for Yourself as an Instrument of Power


Notes


Index


About the Author