Leadership Without Easy Answers, Volume 465The economy uncertain, education in decline, cities under siege, crime and poverty spiraling upward, international relations roiling: we look to leaders for solutions, and when they don’t deliver, we simply add their failure to our list of woes. In doing do, we do them and ourselves a grave disservice. We are indeed facing an unprecedented crisis of leadership, Ronald Heifetz avows, but it stems as much from our demands and expectations as from any leader’s inability to meet them. His book gets at both of these problems, offering a practical approach to leadership for those who lead as well as those who look to them for answers. Fitting the theory and practice of leadership to our extraordinary times, the book promotes a new social contract, a revitalization of our civic life just when we most need it. |
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... organizational conditions , no matter who's in charge . His strategy of leadership applies not only to people at the top but also to those who must lead without authority — activists as well as presidents , managers as well as workers ...
... organizational conditions . Heifetz illustrates what he prescribes both from the vantage point of highest public office and from that of intimate interpersonal relations . On the one hand , here are the likes of Lyndon Johnson , Martin ...
... organizational and cultural capacity to meet problems successfully according to our values and purposes . And when there are conflicts over values and purposes , which happen frequently , the clarification and integration of competing ...
... organization's attention and should slow down . The loss of power may indicate that the issue requires a change in tactics . As a psychiatrist , I believe that many adaptive and communicative processes are unconscious , and I learn ...
... how individuals might think about leadership in a variety of settings . Some of these stories may touch on the reader's experience . They include interpersonal , small group , and organizational problems , as well as 8 Introduction.
Contents
Values in Leadership | 13 |
To Lead or Mislead? | 28 |
The Roots of Authority | 49 |
Leading With Authority | 67 |
Mobilizing Adaptive Work | 69 |
Applying Power | 101 |
On a Razors Edge | 125 |
Falling Off the Edge | 150 |
Creative Deviance on the Frontline | 183 |
Modulating the Provocation | 207 |
Staying Alive | 233 |
Assassination | 235 |
The Personal Challenge | 250 |
Notes | 279 |
Acknowledgments | 330 |
Index | 333 |