Research Catalog

Title

The leader of the future : new visions, strategies, and practices for the next era / Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Beckhard, editors ; foreword by Peter F. Drucker.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Hesselbein, Frances.
• Goldsmith, Marshall.
• Beckhard, Richard, 1918-1999.

Description

xxv, 319 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• The Leader of the Future is a compendium of new thought. It is a book about the future quality of our lives, our businesses, our organizations, our society - and the leadership required to move us into the exciting unknown.
• Each of the acclaimed authors offers a special perspective on leadership, a unique glimpse into the future, and together their thinking forms a treasure trove of insight and knowledge. All essays were written especially for this book, providing even the most astute reader with new insights and directions crucial to becoming an effective leader in the organization of tomorrow.

Series Statement

The Drucker Foundation future series

Uniform Title

Drucker Foundation future series.

Subjects

• Leadership
• Strategic planning

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Foreword / Peter F. Drucker -- 1. The New Language of Organizing and Its Implications for Leaders / Charles Handy -- 2. Leading the De-Jobbed Organization / William Bridges -- 3. Leading from the Grass Roots / Sally Helgesen -- 4. Creating Organizations with Many Leaders / Gifford Pinchot -- 5. Leading Learning Organizations: The Bold, the Powerful, and the Invisible / Peter M. Senge -- 6. Leadership and Organizational Culture / Edgar H. Schein -- 7. Leading a Diverse Work Force / John W. Work -- 8. Turning the Organizational Pyramid Upside Down / Ken Blanchard -- 9. World-Class Leaders: The Power of Partnering / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- 10. Seven Lessons for Leading the Voyage to the Future / James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner -- 11. Leaders Who Shape and Keep Performance-Oriented Culture / James L. Heskett and Leonard A. Schlesinger -- 12. The "How to Be" Leader / Frances Hesselbein -- 13. On Future Leaders / Richard Beckhard --
• 14. Peacetime Management and Wartime Leadership / Judith M. Bardwick -- 15. A Recipe for Glue / David M. Noer -- 16. Three Roles of the Leader in the New Paradigm / Stephen R. Covey -- 17. Developing Three-Dimensional Leaders / James F. Bolt -- 18. New Skills for New Leadership Roles / Caela Farren and Beverly L. Kaye -- 19. The Ultimate Leadership Task: Self-Leadership / Richard J. Leider -- 20. The Following Part of Leading / Douglas K. Smith -- 21. Credibility x Capability / Dave Ulrich -- 22. Learning from Past Leaders / Warren Wilhelm -- 23. Ask, Learn, Follow Up, and Grow / Marshall Goldsmith -- 24. The Leader Who Serves / C. William Pollard -- 25. A Constitutional Model of Leadership / Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr. -- 26. Either/Or Yields to the Theory of Both / Alex Mandl and Deepak Sethi -- 27. Key Leadership Challenges for Present and Future Executives / William C. Steere, Jr. -- 28. Energy and Leadership / William N. Plamondon --
• 29. The Puzzles of Leadership / Steven M. Bornstein and Anthony F. Smith -- 30. An "Outsider's" View of Leadership / Sara E. Melendez -- 31. Growing Tomorrow's Leaders / George B. Weber.

ISBN

0787901806 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95038959

OCLC

• 33166448
• ocm33166448

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries