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William E. Rosenbach and Robert L. Taylor
Contemporary Issues in Leadership
Westview Press, 2006
What's inside?
Before you can learn leadership traits, you have to identify them: how to become someone that everyone wants to follow.
Recommendation
This collection of essays from 21 contributors is inspiring reading for those who want to build their leadership talents or improve their companies. It is designed for good leaders, or for people who aspire to that rank and are open to being taught. Interestingly, the book also addresses how people can become better followers. Unlike many other books within this topic range, this anthology makes a distinction between leadership, which it sees as direction setting, and management, which it sees as somewhat more procedural. The essays are interesting, wide-ranging and practical. getAbstract finds that the 21 voices here have a unified mission: to explain why some people are better than others at getting attention, accomplishing specific tasks and providing their followers with a sense of meaning.
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About the Authors
William E. Rosenbach is a professor in the Eisenhower Leadership Studies program and teaches management at Gettysburg College. Robert L. Taylor is a professor of management and dean emeritus of the College of Business at the University of Louisville.
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