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Leading Change (Paperback)
by James O'Toole
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Leadership, Management, Change |
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A must read for the contemporary leader or would-be leader. |
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Author: James O'Toole
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pub. in: April, 1996
ISBN: 0345402545
Pages: 304
Measurements: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01651
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0345402547
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"Leading Change" is a must read (and know) for anyone who would be a leader in the post- industrial era when change is the only constant. O'Toole makes the cogent and eminently believeable argument that a morals-based leadership philosophy is the only way to succeed in any endeavor as we move away from an industrial paradigm. It marches in lock-step with reviews of the involvement modern generations want in their lives. No longer is it moral to treat followers as anything but co-equals in the process (if it ever was)... command and control, the anything goes of contingency, and situational (leadership) ethics must die, or the organization that practices it will. This work of O'Toole fits perfectly with the last four chapters of Jospeh Rost's work on "Leadership for the 21st Century," Peter Senge's "Fifth Discipline," all of Max DePree's works, Collins and Porras' "Built to Last," and Greenleaf's "Servant Leadership." Any real leader will know these four books forwards and backwards as they go the heart of leadership in the real world of today, and certainly tomorrow. (From quoting a customer reviewer, USA)
Target readers:
Leaders, Managers.
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JAMES O'TOOLE is a noted authority on leadership and vice president of The Aspen Institute, where he directs the renowned program as Executive Seminar and the Corporate Leaders Forum. He is co-founder (with Warren Bennis) and most recently served as executive director of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California. A Rhodes Scholar, O'Toole has consulted widely to businesses and governments and served as special assistant to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Elliot Richardson and as chairman of the Task Force on Work in America. His twelve best-selling books include The Executive's Compass (1993) and Vanguard Management (named one of the best books of 1985 by Business Week), Making America Work (1981), and Work in America (1973). O'Toole's work has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times, Fortune, and The Economist, and he has served on the prestigious Board of Editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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In his sixteenth century masterpiece, The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli advised leaders to "learn how not to be good," and moreover, to use this knowledge regardless of individual case. Under the guise of modern day "situational leadership," organizations still take refuge in this outdated theory. In Leading Change, James O'Toole argues that such amoral practices are ultimately ineffective-and demonstrates instead that successful leadership is rooted in high moral purpose and consistent respect for followers.
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Kermit Campbell (MSL quoted), USA
<2009-01-20 00:00>
A compelling book! Jim O'Toole argues convincingly that the complexity and turmoil of our time demands leadership that is right--not leadership that simply works. |
Tom Peters (MSL quoted), USA
<2009-01-20 00:00>
[An] important new book . . .Mr. O'Toole puts soul and values squarely back into a vital topic, leadership. |
James MacGregor Burns (MSL quoted), USA
<2009-01-20 00:00>
A deeply philosophical and eminently practical study of leadership as change. |
Warren Bennis (MSL quoted), USA
<2009-01-20 00:00>
Current management philosophy advocates an outmoded Machiavellian approach to running organizations: Leaders are told in countless books that they can only accomplish their goals by being tough, manipulative, dictatorial, or paternalistic as the situation requires.
In Leading Change, noted management theorist James O'Toole proposes a provocative new vision of leadership in the business world-a vision of leadership rooted in moral values and a consistent display of respect for all followers. As O'Toole brilliantly demonstrates, values-based leadership is not only fair and just, it is also highly effective in today's complex organizations.
When leaders truly believe that their prime goal is the welfare of their followers, they get results. The finest leaders-from political giants like Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln to contemporary CEOs like Max De Pree and James Houghton-have always shared leadership with their followers. They create organizations that encourage change and self-reevaluation; they foster an atmosphere of open-mindedness and fresh thinking, in which assumptions can be challenged and goals reassessed.
Grounded in the ideas of moral philosophy, Leading Change powerfully transcends the standard how-to management primer to define a challenging new approach to leadership. As O'Toole so persuasively argues, growth and change are possible, indeed necessary, and they will be effected by individuals who have the stature and the courage to lead morally. This important book, at once thought-provoking and totally practical, is bound to take its place as one of the landmark business volumes of our times.
"Jim O'Toole has written the essential work for organizations to survive and thrive in today's changing world. His intellectually penetrating thinking shows us how the sometimes conflicting problems we wrestle with-often in piecemeal fashion-fit together to form a complete picture, even as the picture itself continues to change. His message is so critical to the very existence of every organization that any leader who fails to heed his advice condemns his or her company to mediocrity and/or early death. It's that basic. |
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