Warren Bennis, Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Thomas G. Cummings
The Future of Leadership
Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders
Wiley, 2001
Was ist drin?
If you ever wanted to eavesdrop on a conversation between the world’s top management thinkers, this books’ for you.
Recommendation
The Germans call it a festschrift - a book stemming from the celebration honoring a renowned scholar, in this case Warren Bennis. The luminaries (including Bennis himself) who gathered in May 2000 at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business for this festschrift offer 19 thoughtful chapters on leadership issues. In fact, the consistent quality and creativity may pleasantly surprise you. The only exception is an imaginative, but shallow and self-absorbed clunker from Tom Peters.getAbstract.com recommends this thought-provoking collection to students and practitioners of the mysterious art of inspiring others to follow.
Summary
About the Authors
Warren Bennis created his own paradigm shift across the field of management science with the bestselling books, Leaders and On Becoming a Leader. Bennis was a protégé of famed Theory X/Theory Y guru Douglas McGregor. He has written 26 books, and is a distinguished professor at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Gretchen M. Spreitzer is an assistant professor at the Marshall School. Thomas G. Cummings is executive director of the Leadership Institute, and associate editor of The Journal of Organizational Behavior.
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