The Leaders We Need

In this summary you will learn

• What leadership is
• How leadership relates to social character
• What the “interactive” character demands of leaders
• How trends in leadership affect major social issues

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Why you should read The Leaders We Need

Anthropologist and psychoanalyst Michael Maccoby has been writing about leadership for more than three decades. Here he ventures an argument with an unusual perspective for managerial literature. His fundamental thesis is that changing times demand a leadership model that leaves the industrial, bureaucratic era behind. He explains that new family structures and contemporary ways of working – especially knowledge work – have created a different kind of follower. Maccoby calls these workers “Interactives” and explains their demands in psychological terms. His emphasis on “Personality Intelligence,” collaboration and teamwork is not really new, but his explanation of why these factors matter and what impact they have upon public policy is striking. getAbstract finds his willingness to tackle big leadership challenges – health-care policy, education and even the U.S. presidency – fresh and thought-provoking.

About the Author

Michael Maccoby, Ph.D., is president of a consultancy and director of the Project on Technology, Work and Character, a nonprofit research center. He is author of the bestseller The Gamesman, and the author or co-author of eight other books.