Hesselbein on Leadership
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (528 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118717627 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the coeditor of numerous books on leadership including The Leader of the Future (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5204-4) and The Organization of the Future, The Community of the Future (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5203-6).. The book affirms Hesselbein's specific leadership principles that will give readers the inspiration to go forth and become exemplary leaders. These gems of leadership wisdom include Hesselbein's thoughts on innovation, change, diversity, and what it means to be a woman leader. The woman BusinessWeek called the "grande dame of American management" shares her vision of leadershipF
Frances Hesselbein's views on leadership have attracted fans since the one-time Johnstown, Pennsylvania, troop leader became CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA in 1976 and turned that venerable but struggling organization around. Throughout the book she shows how character determines performance, how a willingness to innovate and a desire to make a difference regularly bring results, and how the best leaders actually turn a vision into the spark needed to ignite their enterprise. In a disarmingly simple manner, Hesselbein offers her underlying definition of the topic at hand ("lea
Dave Kinnear said Managing in a world that is round .. This book was first mentioned to me at a Leadership presentation at one of the not-for profit organizations I serve, and then again a short while later at a UCI Graduate School of Management presentation by a local executive. This is a delightful small book filled with some good advice, pithy sayings and leadership insights. Hesselbein lives up to her reputation in this compendium of essays on Leadership. I rather like books of essays because often each chapter, or essay, stands on its own and can be read or re-read as the need arises.Hesselbein writ. This book was not only a great read but I learned so much about leadership and This book was not only a great read but I learned so much about leadership and successful execution of the leadership skills. It left me wanting to read her other books.. "Defying the pit bull philosophy of leadership" according to Larry Mullins. Hesselbein defies the ferocious "pit bulls" of the marketplace with their "slash and crunch philosophies," describing them as "dead as the spirits of their troops." What she suggests is leadership by the highest values, metavalues. Such leadership builds trust and releases the energy of the workforce. The principles are not to be written out to gather dust in some executive's credenza, but rather lived. These metavalues emanate from the leader and permeate the management staff and associates, venders, and the community in which an organization is emb