On Becoming A Leader - Hardcover

Bennis, Warren G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201080591 ISBN 13: 9780201080599

Publisher: Basic Books, 1989

Synopsis

The leadership classic, recommended by Vice President Al Gore to all his advisers, with a new introduction by the author.

About this title

About the Author:

Warren Bennis is Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the University of Southern California and a consultant to multinational companies and governments around the world. He also chairs the Advisory Board of the Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University. He is author of more than thirty books and dozens of other articles on leadership, including Managing the Dream, Organizing Genius, and Learning to Lead. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

From Publishers Weekly:

Business consultant and University of Southern California professor of business administration, Bennis here deplores what he considers a dearth of leadership in the world. Although he provides solid, practical guidance in how to fill this vacuum, his philosophically and psychologically rich volume seeks primarily to define leadership--which, in his view, requires self-knowledge and clear personal goals. Leaders in widely diverse areas--represented by television producer Norman Lear, AIDS researcher Mathilde Krim, CEO John Sculley and feminist Gloria Steinem--all share, contends Bennis, the ability to unite people in a common purpose. The curiosity of leaders, their faith in an "inner voice" and success in seizing control of their lives distinguish them from mere managers. But while a leader may demonstrate talent, the author observes that its fulfillment depends largely on organizational response to the challenge. 75,000 first printing; major ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0201080591
• ISBN 13: 9780201080599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240