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Book SynopsisLEADING THE VIRTUAL WORKFORCE
World markets are unsteady, unemployment is on the rise, housing foreclosures are up, asset values are down, and the political landscape is shifting. Under such tumultuous conditions, people often look to leaders to soothe battered nerves. But in today''s rough and tumble environment, there are reportedly few leaders the average person relies upon.
Over 80 percent of Americans believe that we are in the midst of a major leadership crisis. And over 75 percent of executives from around the world are seriously concerned about whether businesses can develop good leaders for the future. And yet not one leadership book squarely addresses the issue of the changed workforce, the virtual workforce, and why old leadership models just don''t work?until now.
Leading the Virtual Workforce builds off the ground-breaking concept of Virtual Distance introduced in Sobel Lojeski''s seminal first book, Uniting the Virtual Workforce. And in ne
Table of Contents
Microsoft Executive Leadership Series: Series Foreword ix
Preface xi
About the Interviewees xxi
Acknowledgments xxxiii
Chapter 1 A Whole New World 1
Chapter 2 A Brief History of Leadership 17
Chapter 3 Creating Context 33
Chapter 4 Cultivating Communities 49
Chapter 5 Co-Activating New Leaders 61
Chapter 6 Techno-Dexterity 77
Chapter 7 The Virtual Distance Leadership Model 93
Chapter 8 The Future of Leadership As We Know it 113
Chapter 9 A Different View of Leadership Altogether 123
Appendix A The Virtual Distance Model 141
Index 151
