What Philosophy Can Teach You About Being a Better Leader

ISBN-13: 9780749493165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Jules Goddard; Dominic Houlder; David Giles Lewis

Opis

Learn how to build and expertly lead a fulfilled and purposeful human-centred organization using the thinking of four of the greatest philosophers.

Recenzje

"This book restores to business thinking much of the common sense and time-polished wisdom that modern economic thinking has leached away." Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK

Spis treści

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction - The dehumanized workplace;
  • Chapter - 01: Who can reconnect us with our dreams?;
  • Chapter - 02: Reason and passion in the humanized workplace;
  • Chapter - 03: Humanizing strategy;
  • Chapter - 04: Creativity and critical thinking;
  • Chapter - 05: A question of example and fairness;
  • Chapter - 06: The gift of authority;
  • Chapter - 07: Meaning and communication;
  • Chapter - 08: From engagement to encounter;
  • Chapter - 09: Values and ethical pluralism;
  • Chapter - 10: The freedom to do what you can;
  • Chapter - 11: Index

O autorze

Alison Reynolds is a business leader and consultant in strategy execution. She is part of the Faculty in Executive Education at Ashridge Business School. Jules Goddard has spent most of his career at London Business School, first as a Professor of Marketing and latterly as an architect of its action learning programmes for corporate clients. He served as the inaugural Gresham Professor of Commerce, and is currently on the faculty of CEDEP, Fontainebleau, France. He is a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Dominic Houlder is an Adjunct Professor in Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management at London Business School. He is internationally recognised as a leading business strategist. David Lewis has 35 years of experience in business and academia. He is a consultant and sought-after speaker working with global business leaders. In 2019, David was cited on Thinkers 50 Radar of top global management thinkers. David's research with co-author Alison Reynolds focuses on diver[1]sity and performance - the ability of teams and organizations to thrive in the face of new, uncertain and complex situations. With Alison, David developed the Qi Index, a tool to help leaders understand and enhance the quality of interaction between people to better formulate and execute groundbreaking strategies.