Why Leaders Can′t Lead – The Unconscious Conspiracy
The Unconscious Conspiracy Continues
Paperback Engels 1997 9780787909437Samenvatting
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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.
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Inhoudsopgave
<p>The Author xvii</p>
<p>Part One: The Unconscious Conspiracy and How to Confound It 1</p>
<p>1 One Job, One Year, One Life 3</p>
<p>2 Learning Some Basic Truisms About Leadership 14</p>
<p>3 The New Metaphysics of Our Age 25</p>
<p>Part Two: A Society Without Dreams 31</p>
<p>4 The Long Slide from True Leadership 33</p>
<p>5 Back to the Future 42</p>
<p>6 The age of Unreality 50</p>
<p>7 Where Have All the Leaders Gone? 59</p>
<p>Part Three: Parts of the Problem 67</p>
<p>8 Bosses as Heroes and Celebrities 69</p>
<p>9 When There Are Too Many Chiefs 76</p>
<p>10 Bottom–Line Obsessions 81</p>
<p>11 Untapped Human Capital 86</p>
<p>12 The Perils of Accord 90</p>
<p>13 The Pornography of Leadership 94</p>
<p>14 When Winning Is Losing 98</p>
<p>15 The Name of the Game is Greed 102</p>
<p>Part Four: Parts of the Solution 105</p>
<p>16 Leading to Make a Difference 107</p>
<p>17 A Bright Future for Complexity 112</p>
<p>18 Letting Virtues Shine Through 116</p>
<p>19 Quitting on Principle 121</p>
<p>20 Canceling the Doppelganger Effect 137</p>
<p>21 Leader Power That No One Has 142</p>
<p>22 Avoiding Disaster During Periods of Change 147</p>
<p>23 Dealing with the Way Things Are 152</p>
<p>Postscript 160</p>
<p>Index 161</p>
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