Posts tagged with: Books
Responsible leadership: Realism and romanticism. (2016)
Editors; Steve Kempster (Professor, Leadership Learning & Development, Lancaster University Management School, UK) Brigid Carroll (Associate Professor, Department of Management & International Business, University of Auckland, New Zealand.) Pub: Routledge...
Riding the leadership rollercoaster: An observer’s guide. (2016)
"(tools to) prevent leaders becoming prisoners of their own past, making the same mistakes over and over again." Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries, INSEAD Springer NB - includes the chapter ‘Riding...
Pariahs: Hubris, reputation and organisational crises. (2016)
“…the picture often painted … of widespread criminality, immorality and incompetence in (Pariah) businesses is at odds with the day-to-day reality of life in them. Matt Nixon Libri Publishing “In the last...
Why they do it: Inside the mind of the white-collar criminal. (2016)
“…knowing the difference between right and wrong is not sufficient to avoid falling into the behavioral traps people can face when under pressure to succeed.” Eugene Soltes, Harvard Business School...
The Power Paradox. (2016)
"...compassion and selflessness enable us to have the most influence over others and the result is power as a force for good in the world." Dasher Keltner, professor of psychology and...
Creative destruction in the Global Financial System. (2016)
“We are just at the beginning, not the end, of the change journey that started with the global financial crisis of 2008.” Claudio Scardovi, managing director and head of Financial...
Friend & Foe: When to cooperate, when to compete, and how to succeed at both. (2015)
“The crushing lesson for companies hit by scandal is that while “non-core violations” of trust do not cause long-term harm, “core violations” can devastate. Adam Galinsky, Professor of Business, Columbia...
Hubris: The tragedy of war in the Twentieth Century. (2015)
“…a reflection on military hubris and the part it played in 20th-century conflicts. Sir Alistair Horne, journalist, biographer and historian Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson “…Sir Alistair’s subject is the embedded...
The Silo Effect: The peril of expertise and the promise of breaking down barriers. (2015)
“Organisational silos are bad enough. Even more damaging are silos of the mind - the unexamined assumptions, conventional categorisations and ingrained thought patterns underpinning everyday decision-making. Gillian Tett, senior Financial...
Leadership BS. (2015)
“Pfeffer sets the record straight on the oft-made prescriptions for leaders to be honest, authentic, and modest, tell the truth, build trust, and take care of others,” Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor...