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- catalog abstract ""The economy uncertain, education in decline, cities under siege, crime and poverty spiraling upward, international relations roiling: we look to leaders for solutions, and when they don't deliver, we simply add their failure to our list of woes. In doing so, we do them and ourselves a grave disservice. We are indeed facing an unprecedented crisis of leadership, Ronald Heifetz avows, but it stems as much from our demands and expectations as from any leader's inability to meet them. His book gets at both of these problems, offering a practical approach to leadership for those who lead as well as those who look to them for answers. Fitting the theory and practice of leadership to our extraordinary times, the book promotes a new social contract, a revitalization of our civic life just when we most desperately need it." "Drawing on a dozen years of research among managers, officers, and politicians in the public realm and the private sector, among the nonprofits, and in teaching, Heifetz presents clear, concrete prescriptions for anyone who needs to take the lead in almost any situation, under almost any organizational conditions, no matter who's in charge. His strategy of leadership applies not only to people at the top but also to those who must lead without authority - activists as well as presidents, managers as well as workers on the frontline. Here are Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi, in triumph and in tragedy. Here too are military officers and soldiers, doctors and patients, college students, and local civic groups. Sketched with precision, touched by empathy, and unfailingly interesting, this cast of characters brings Heifetz's theory to life, demonstrating what a practitioner can do - or avoid doing - to assume leadership in an age without easy answers."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b6275095.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""The economy uncertain, education in decline, cities under siege, crime and poverty spiraling upward, international relations roiling: we look to leaders for solutions, and when they don't deliver, we simply add their failure to our list of woes. In doing so, we do them and ourselves a grave disservice. We are indeed facing an unprecedented crisis of leadership, Ronald Heifetz avows, but it stems as much from our demands and expectations as from any leader's inability to meet them. His book gets at both of these problems, offering a practical approach to leadership for those who lead as well as those who look to them for answers. Fitting the theory and practice of leadership to our extraordinary times, the book promotes a new social contract, a revitalization of our civic life just when we most desperately need it." "Drawing on a dozen years of research among managers, officers, and politicians in the public realm and the private sector, among the nonprofits, and in teaching, Heifetz presents clear, concrete prescriptions for anyone who needs to take the lead in almost any situation, under almost any organizational conditions, no matter who's in charge. His strategy of leadership applies not only to people at the top but also to those who must lead without authority - activists as well as presidents, managers as well as workers on the frontline. Here are Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi, in triumph and in tragedy. Here too are military officers and soldiers, doctors and patients, college students, and local civic groups. Sketched with precision, touched by empathy, and unfailingly interesting, this cast of characters brings Heifetz's theory to life, demonstrating what a practitioner can do - or avoid doing - to assume leadership in an age without easy answers."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-337) and index.".
- catalog description "Pt. I. Setting the frame -- Values in leadership -- To lead or mislead? -- The roots of authority -- Pt. II. Leading with authority -- Mobilizing adaptive work -- Applying power -- On a razor's edge -- Falling off the edge -- Pt. III. Leading without authority -- Creative deviance on the frontline -- Modulating the provocation -- Pt. IV. Staying alive -- Assassination -- The personal challenge.".
- catalog extent "xi, 348 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Leadership without easy answers.".
- catalog identifier "0674518586 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Leadership without easy answers.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Leadership without easy answers.".
- catalog subject "303.3/4 20".
- catalog subject "HM141 .H385 1994".
- catalog subject "Leadership.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. I. Setting the frame -- Values in leadership -- To lead or mislead? -- The roots of authority -- Pt. II. Leading with authority -- Mobilizing adaptive work -- Applying power -- On a razor's edge -- Falling off the edge -- Pt. III. Leading without authority -- Creative deviance on the frontline -- Modulating the provocation -- Pt. IV. Staying alive -- Assassination -- The personal challenge.".
- catalog title "Leadership without easy answers / Ronald A. Heifetz.".
- catalog type "text".