{"product_id":"why-leaders-cant-lead-9780787909437","title":"Why Leaders Cant Lead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Selection of the Executive Program and Fortune Book Clubs \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Leaders beware. There''s an unconscious conspiracy afoot, aiming to sabotage your plans and undermine your vision. Entrenched bureaucracy, ominous social trends, and mind-numbing routine are among its members?and their proliferation is an unfortunate sign of our times. But take heart. In this highly acclaimed work, legendary management consultant Warren Bennis unmasks the culprits, analyzes their tactics, and offers new insights for change agents struggling to take charge in an era that conspires against effective leadership.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The best book on how leaders can lead.\u003cbr\u003e --Peter Drucker\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bennis teaches leaders to maximize their virtues, correct their faults, face change successfully, and love their work. Leaders will win, but so will their organizations: Bennis advocates a collaborative leadership that empowers employees and enhances organizational effectiveness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A priceless g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Warren Bennis is one of the most perceptive and experienced writers on leadership and management....The book is full of lively insights expressed in vivid terms.\" --John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Only Warren Bennis has the unique combination of thirty years' study of leaders and leadership and twenty years' practical experience as COO and CEO of large and difficult organizations that makes Why Leaders Can't Lead the best book on how leaders can lead.\" --Peter Drucker\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Warren Bennis is one of the most perceptive and experienced writers on leadership and management. . . . He knows a lot about why our common efforts don't work and how they might be made to work. The book is full of lively insights expressed in vivid terms.\" --John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and founding chairman of Common Cause\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This is vintage Bennis! Bennis at his best!\" --Robert TownsAnd, author of Up the Organization and Further Up the Organization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Unconscious Conspiracy and How to Confound It 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 One Job, One Year, One Life 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Learning Some Basic Truisms About Leadership 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The New Metaphysics of Our Age 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: A Society Without Dreams 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Long Slide from True Leadership 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Back to the Future 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The age of Unreality 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Where Have All the Leaders Gone? 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Parts of the Problem 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Bosses as Heroes and Celebrities 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 When There Are Too Many Chiefs 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Bottom-Line Obsessions 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Untapped Human Capital 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Perils of Accord 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Pornography of Leadership 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 When Winning Is Losing 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Name of the Game is Greed 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Parts of the Solution 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Leading to Make a Difference 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 A Bright Future for Complexity 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Letting Virtues Shine Through 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Quitting on Principle 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Canceling the Doppelganger Effect 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Leader Power That No One Has 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Avoiding Disaster During Periods of Change 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Dealing with the Way Things Are 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 161\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865896890711,"sku":"9780787909437","price":20.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787909437.jpg?v=1722276100","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/why-leaders-cant-lead-9780787909437","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}