{"product_id":"leading-the-virtual-workforce-9780470422809","title":"Leading the Virtual Workforce","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEADING THE VIRTUAL WORKFORCE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeading the Virtual Workforce\u003c\/i\u003e builds off the ground-breaking concept of Virtual Distance introduced in Sobel Lojeski''s seminal first book, \u003ci\u003eUniting the Virtual Workforce.\u003c\/i\u003e And in ne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicrosoft Executive Leadership Series: Series Foreword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Interviewees xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 A Whole New World 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 A Brief History of Leadership 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Creating Context 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Cultivating Communities 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Co-Activating New Leaders 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Techno-Dexterity 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 The Virtual Distance Leadership Model 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 The Future of Leadership As We Know it 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 A Different View of Leadership Altogether 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A The Virtual Distance Model 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 151\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402330808663,"sku":"9780470422809","price":19.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470422809.jpg?v=1730480086","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leading-the-virtual-workforce-9780470422809","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}