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Book SynopsisThe path to creating a genuine leadership culture in organizations is perhaps the deepest mystery of organizing. This book documents the actual paths taken by some of the very few companies that have successfully transformed toward interdependence together. It maps the process into the heart of this mystery.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi
The Authors xv
Introduction 1
Part One: You, Your Team, and Transformation
1 Transformation: Can It Be Done? 11
2 Organizational Culture: Beliefs That Drive Behavior 33
3 Bigger Minds: Developing from the Inside Out 53
4 Engagement and Leader Logics 79
5 Personal Readiness and Leading Transformation 103
6 Headroom: Standing Up for Change 129
7 Engaging Your Senior Team 153
Part Two: Leadership Culture and Organizational Transformation
8 The Culture Development Cycle 181
9 Reaching into the Culture 211
10 Strategies, Culture, and Readiness: The Pattern in Six Case Studies 235
11 Feasibility Maps and Changeability 255
Appendix A: A Very Brief History of Developmental Theory and Leadership Research 287
Appendix B: Roots of the Headroom Concept and Related Methods and Tools 290
Appendix C: Helpful Sources of Studies on Intelligence and Brain Research 294
Glossary 296
References 299
Index 303
About the Center for Creative Leadership 317