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Book SynopsisThe Leader of the Future has sold over 200,000 copies and broke new ground in leadership literature. Now, ten years later, The Leader of the Future 2 gives voice to the most critical issues and transformative ideas for the leaders of today and tomorrow.
Trade Review"Hesselbein and Marshall Goldsmith, one of the USA's top executive coaches, edited the collection
The Leader of the Future 2. Its 27 eloquent essays provide a kind of hopeful, idealistic best-case scenario for future leaders of non-profits and businesses.
This is not a cookie-cutter, how-to approach. The job of the essayists is to provide food for thought and goals. The high quality of writing here should inspire anyone who has aspirations for leadership." —Bruce Rosenstein (
USA Today, October 16, 2006)
Table of ContentsPreface xi
Frances Hesselbein and Marshall Goldsmith
Part One: A Vision of Leadership
1. Peter F. Drucker on Executive Leadership and Effectiveness 3
Joseph A. Maciariello
Part Two: Leading in a Diverse World
2. Systems Citizenship: The Leadership Mandate for This Millennium 31
Peter Senge
3. Diversity Management: An Essential Craft for Future Leaders 47
R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.
4. Ten Things I Learned About Leadership from Women Executive Directors of Color 55
Jan Masaoka
5. How Cosmopolitan Leaders Inspire Confidence: A Profile of the Future 61
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Part Three: Leading in a Time of Crisis and Complexity
6. Anchoring Leadership in the Work of Adaptive Progress 73
Ronald A. Heifetz
7. The Challenge of Complexity 85
John Alexander
8. Understanding the Nonprofit Sector’s Leadership Deficit 95
Thomas J. Tierney
9. Leadership Over Fear 107
John Edwin Mroz
10. Leading in a Constantly Changing World 113
Ponchitta Pierce
11. Leaders of the Future: Growing One-Eyed Kings 121
General Eric K. Shinseki
Part Four: Leading Organizations of the Future
12. Philosopher Leaders 131
Charles Handy
13. Leadership as a Brand 141
Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood
14. Regaining Public Trust: A Leadership Challenge 153
Ken Blanchard and Dennis Carey
15. Leading New Age Professionals 165
Marshall Goldsmith
16. Tomorrow’s Leader 173
Srikumar S. Rao
17. Challenges for Leaders in the Years Ahead 183
Sally Helgesen
18. Leadership Judgment at the Front Line 191
Noel M.Tichy and Chris DeRose
19. It’s Not Just the Leader’s Vision 207
Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
Part Five: The Quality and Character of the Leader of the Future
20. Leading in the Knowledge Worker Age 215
Stephen R. Covey
21. Are the Best Leaders Like Professors? Teaching, Asking Questions, and Evidence-Based Management 227
Jeffrey Pfeffer
22. The Leader Integrator: An Emerging Role 241
Usman A. Ghani
23. Leadership Competencies: A Provocative New Look 255
Edgar H. Schein
24. The Three Elements of Good Leadership in Rapidly Changing Times 265
Lynn Barendsen and Howard Gardner
25. Distinctive Characteristics of Successful Leaders of Voluntary Organizations: Past, Present, and Future 281
Brian O’Connell
26. The Leader in Midlife 289
Richard J. Leider
27. Leading from the Spirit 297
Darlyne Bailey
The Editors 303
Index 305
