The Future of Leadership
Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders
Provocative insights on leadership from a "who's who" of
leadership thought including: Tom Peters, Charles Handy, and Jim
Kouzes
A stellar cast of the world's foremost leadership gurus comes
together in one place to offer their thoughts on leadership in the
new economy. Edited by renowned leadership expert Warren Bennis,
the book addresses issues that Bennis identifies as the ones that
"keep CEOs up at night", including why we tolerate bad leaders, why
leadership is everyone's business, and how ethics will play into
new leadership. With contributions from Charles Handy, Tom Peters,
Barry Posner, Jim Kouzes, and Warren Bennis--as well as from
such young entrepreneurs as Michael Klein and Tara Church--no
other book includes the caliber of authors and the range of
thinking found in The Future of Leadership.
Part 1 Setting the Stage for the Future.
1 The Future Has No Shelf Life.
2 The Era of Human Capital Has Finally Arrived.
Part 2 The Organization of the Future.
3 A World of Fleas and Elephants.
4 Knowledge Work and the Future of Management.
5 Boundaryless.
6 Trust Me On This: Organizational Support for Trust in a World
Without Hierarchies.
Part 3 The Leader of the Future.
7 Bringing Leadership Lessons from the Past into the Future.
8 Leadership as the Legitimation of Doubt.
9 Leading Yourself.
10 The Context of Creativity.
11 Why Do We Tolerate Bad Leaders? Magnificent Uncertitude,
Anxiety, and Meaning.
12 The Evolving Role of Executive Leadership.
13 When Leadership Is an Organizational Trait.
Part 4 How Leaders Stay On Top of Their Game.
14 Just Say Yes!
15 Heroic Leadership's Greatest Battle: The Defeat of
Disappointment Versus the Disappointment of Defeat.
Part 5 Insights from Young Leaders.
16 Where the Leaders Are: The Promise of Youth Leadership.
17 Seeking a Newer World.
Part 6 Some Closing Thoughts.
18 The Leadership Challenges of the Next Generation.
Postlude: An Intellectual Memoir.
Notes and References.
Index.
The Authors.
Southern California's Marshall School of Business, is the author of
nineteen books, including the best-selling Leaders (with
Burt Nanus) and On Becoming a Leader.
GRETCHEN M. SPREITZER is assistant professor at the
University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and
a faculty affiliate of both the Center for Effective Organizations
and the Leadership Institute.
THOMAS G. CUMMINGS is the chair of the Department of
Management and Organization at the University of Southern
California and Executive Director of the Leadership Institute. He
is associate editor of the Journal of Organizational
Behavior.