Real Leadership: Helping People and Organizations Face Their Toughest Challenges (Hardcover)

Introduction

PART 1 Real Leadership: The Engine of Progress
1. Odin, Enron, and the Apes: Distinguishing Real Leadership from Counterfeit Leadership
2. Diagnostic Work: Determining the Principal Challenge

PART 2 The Six Challenges of Real Leadership
3. The Activist Challenge: Calling Attention to a Contradiction in Values
4. The Development Challenge: Cultivating the Latent Capabilities Needed to Progress
5. The Transition Challenge: Moving from One System of Values to Another
6. The Maintenance Challenge: Protecting and Sustaining What Is Essential during Hard Times
7. The Creative Challenge: Doing What Has Never Been Done Before
8. The Crisis Challenge: Leading in a Period of Extreme Danger

PART 3 Real Leadership in Action
9. Leading in Multiple Challenges: The Case of T. E. Lawrence
10. Odin, the Samurai, and You: Taking Responsibility for Yourself as an Instrument of Power
Notes
Index
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