In Search of Leaders

ISBN-13: 9780471491972 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 192 str.

Hilarie Owen

Opis

Hilarie Owen takes the reader on an journey into leadership encompassing flashbacks to Ancient Greece and visions of the future, and demonstrating along the way that by simply discovering their potential anyone can become a great leader within their own sphere of ambition. Aligning personal and organizational purposes with implications for business, In Search of Leaders should be of interest to anyone tired of the rot within organizations. Backed-up with real-world examples, its frameworks and tools should enable readers to unleash their potential and exploit it.

Recenzje

"This book is thought provoking and challenging, and has a good reference section for further reading against each chapter. It got better and better as I read on, and is highly recommended to readers." -- Training Journal, September 2000

Spis treści

The Story of Leadership.

The Seven Essences of Leadership.

The Transcendent Circle.

The Translatory Circle.

The Transformational Circle.

The Search Continues.

The Institute of Leadership.

References.

Index.

O autorze

Hilarie Owen′s career began in the field of marketing with IBM and another blue chip company. She spent a year with the Government′s Department of Trade and Industry launching The Enterprise Initiative. Broadening her career to Management Consultancy she eventually took the plunge to set up her own consultancy at the beginning of 1991 working with organizations in the private and public sectors. Following the success of her book Creating Top Flight Teams, she has worked world wide developing first class teams. Hilarie has spoken at conferences around the world, lectured at Cranfield Business School and advised the Department of Education and Employment. The Institute of Leadership is an initiative set up by Hilarie Owen and a small team of experienced individuals. It is a non–profit–making global network to research and develop the whole concept of leadership everywhere.

Blurb

If you are fed–up with the rot that is consuming most organizations and you want to find a truly inspirational way of developing yourself (or those within your organization) In Search of Leaders will help you escape. If you freeze water it becomes ice. Yet, when melting it reverts to water. This is change. If you burn a stick of wood, it becomes ashes. It can never become wood again. This is transformation. Learn how to transform yourself, rather than simply change. Follow the journey on which Hilarie Owen takes you, a journey that will allow you to discover your potential as a great leader in your own sphere of ambition and beyond. ′Illustrates brilliantly the importance of understanding the human essence of leadership.′ Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, University of Southern California and Visiting Professor of Leadership, University of Exeter. Author of On Becoming a Leader and Organizing Genius.