Research Catalog

Title

Geeks and geezers : how era, values, and defining moments shape leaders / Warren G. Bennis, Robert J. Thomas.

Author

Bennis, Warren G.

Publication

Boston : Harvard Business School Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Additional Authors

Thomas, Robert J., 1942-

Description

xxvii, 224 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "Our youngest leaders matured in the glow of computer screens; our oldest in the shadow of the Depression and World War II. In a groundbreaking study of these two disparate groups - affectionately labeled "geeks" and "geezers" - leadership experts Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas set out to find how era and values shape those who lead. What they discovered was something even more profound: the powerful process through which leaders of any era emerge.".
• "Geeks and Geezers will forever change how we view leadership, but also how we reflect on our own formative experiences. Illustrated by compelling interviews with extraordinary individuals under thirty-five and over seventy years of age, the authors present a new model that predicts who is likely to become and remain a leader - and explains why others fail to rise to the challenge.
• At its heart are what the authors call "crucibles" - utterly transformational experiences from which one can emerge either hopelessly broken or powerfully emboldened to learn and to lead."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Geeks & geezers

Subjects

• Leadership
• Executives > Biography
• Executive ability

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Leading and learning for a lifetime -- Geezers : the era of limits -- Geeks : the era of options -- Crucibles of leadership --- The alchemy of leadership -- A passion for the promises of life.

ISBN

1578515823 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2002004910

OCLC

• 49493013
• ocm49493013
• SCSB-4310701

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries