Description
Book SynopsisThis is an inspirational book that builds on the new way of seeing leaders (as illustrated in the authora s book In Search of Leaders) to create a new way of seeing for organizations to allow leaders to flourish. Owen helps companies find out how to properly and effectively develop leaders.
Trade Review"This is a book that I will certainly recommend to people who are looking for a general understanding of what leadership is about and how it is the ingredient in modern-day thinking." (People Management, 3rd May 200)
"full of thought provoking sound advice." (Long Range Planning, No.34 2001)
"In diesem Buch stellt Hilarie Owen das Führungsprinzip auf den Kopf... eine wahrhaft aufschlussreiche und inspirierende Lektüre." EUROBUSINESS
Table of ContentsPreface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Are We Ready for Unleashing Leaders?
How We Develop Leaders Today: Are We Doing it Right?
The Problems of Organizational Life Today: Transformation and Leadership are the Challenges for Everyone.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: What We are Seeing in Organizations Today is Not Leadership.
The Time Traveller: The Lessons for Organizations from Ancient Times.
Shaping Modern Organizations: Why Do We Build Hierarchical Structures Ruled by Managers?
The Paradigm for Change: A Universal Framework for Leaders in the Twenty-First Century.
Building a New Model for Organizations: To Unleash Leaders We Make the Old Model Obsolete.
Unleashing Leaders: Transforming Individuals and Organizations Together.
Conclusion: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Proteus (Shape Changer Being).
References.
Index.
