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Book SynopsisThis book is truly amazing?actually, a masterpiece. It tells the story of the human condition.
?From Foreword by WARREN BENNIS
IN THIS FOLLOW-UP BOOK to the best-selling Driven, Harvard professor Paul Lawrence applies his four-drive theory of human behavior to the realm of leadership, explaining how leadership?like all human behavior?can be understood as a function of the balance, or lack of balance, of four basic human drives: the drive to acquire, to defend, to comprehend, and to bond. We achieve an optimal state of leadership when all four drives are cultivated and balanced.
In this next-step resource, Lawrence uses historical examples and current leadership crises to explain how the balance of the four drives results in one of three types of leadership:
- Good leadership
: The best leaders, followers, and stakeholders fulfill the four drives in a balanced manner. - Misguided leadership
: These leaders, followers, and stakeholder
Trade Review
"...former Medtronic CEO and smart leadership thinker Bill George loved it, and I have to think someone who's been studying the topic since at least the 1960s would have something smart to say." (Washington Post, October 2010)
Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
The Author xv
Introduction xvii
1 How Much Can We Hope For? 1
Part One: the Leadership Brain 9
2 A Brain Designed for Leadership? 11
3 Darwin Rediscovered: Did the Brain Evolve Leadership Capabilities? 53
Part Two: Historic Leadership Patterns 79
4 All About Leaders: Good, Bad, and Misguided 81
5 Leadership and the Historic Evolution of Political Institutions 101
6 Leadership of Economic Institutions: The Rise of Corporations 123
7 Leadership in Institutions of Human Meaning: Religion, Art, and Science 143
Part Three: Leadership in Contemporary Affairs 167
8 Keeping on Track: Leadership in Contemporary Corporations 169
9 A Worldwide Swindle: By Banking Leaders-w/o-Conscience? 193
10 Keeping a Global Economy and a Global Community on Track 213
11 Keeping on Track by Practicing Good/Moral Leadership 241
12 Renewing the Story of Human Progress with Darwin’s Help 267
Appendix: Darwin Misunderstood 271
Notes 283
Index 301
