Leadership Matters Unleashing the Power of Paradox

Name: Leadership Matters Unleashing the Power of Paradox
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ISBN: 9781612051437

ISBN-10: 161205143X

ISBN-13: 9781612051437

Edition: 2012

Authors: Thomas E. Cronin, Michael A. Genovese

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Exceptional leaders can guide us through bursts of energy and activity that fundamentally alter the status quo. But other leaders guide us quietly, and still others lead as followers—or as students, citizens, and foot soldiers from every walk of life. Most leadership books emphasize specific rules of the road or characteristics and signposts. Tom Cronin and Michael Genovese see leadership as more nuanced and filled with paradox--a realm in which rules only occasionally apply and how to do it prescriptions obscure more than they enlighten. Leadership Mattersoffers a different view of leadership—one that builds community, motivates self as well as others, and one that is creatively adaptive…

Book details

List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface



The Paradoxes of Leadership



Defining Leadership



Leadership Realities



What the Classics Teach Us about Leadership: From Gilgamesh to the Bible



What the Classics Teach Us: Machiavelli to Shakespeare



What the Classics Teach Us: The Rise of Constitutional Democracy



What Business Teaches Us about Leadership



What Politics Teaches Us about Leadership



What the Military Teaches Us about Leadership



What Hollywood Teaches Us about Leadership



The Darker Side of Leadership



The Creative Side of Leadership



Leadership as a Performing Art


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index


About the Authors