Business Leadership: A Jossey-Bass Reader (The Jossey-Bass Business and Management Reader Series)

The second edition of best-selling Business Leadership draws on the best thinking on leadership from the biggest names in the business to explore the fundamentals of business leadership: what it is, how to do it, and what maximizes its success. The books is intended as a resource for both experienced business leaders and those aspiring to the role. Newcomers can read cover-to-cover and explore leadership's scope, purpose, methods, and possibilities. They will find everything they need to get started and grow in their leadership. Organizations need leadership at every level, and the chapters offer support for those with or without formal leadership positions at work. Experienced leaders will appreciate chapters that capture best thinking on a range of topics - the complex nature of the work, essential skills and ways to enhance them, models for understanding the organizational terrain, ways to anticipate the challenges and avoid the pitfalls, and strategies to sustain oneself as a leader.

"This volume reflects decades of work by multiple individuals to identify common principles of success and the leadership that helps to generate it."

—From the Introduction by Ronald A. Heifetz, author, Leadership Without Easy Answers and coauthor, Leadership on the Line

The second edition of best-selling Business Leadership contains the best thinking on leadership from the biggest names in the business. It offers leaders everything they need to know to prepare for today's—and tomorrow's—leadership challenges: how to understand the leadership process, identify opportunities, get things started right, avoid predictable pitfalls, and maximize success. Effective leaders use mind, heart, and spirit in their work, and this volume is designed to guide and support leaders in their efforts. With an introduction by Joan V. Gallos—editor of the highly praised Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader—the author list for this invaluable resource reads like the who's who of business leadership. A must on every professional bookshelf, this extraordinary collection features contributions from:

Ron Ashkenas

Karen Ayas

David Batstone

Warren G. Bennis

Lee G. Bolman

Larry Bossidy

Richard Boyatzis

Marcus Buckingham

James MacGregor Burns

Kim S. Cameron

Keith A. Caver

Ram Charan

Donald O. Clifton

Jim Collins

Terrence E. Deal

Andre L. Delbecq

David L. Dotlich

Ken Dychtwald

Peter F. Drucker

Marc S. Effron

Tamara J. Erickson

Peter J. Frost

Joan V. Gallos

Bill George

Paul Glen

Daniel Goleman

Ronald A. Heifetz

Loizos Heracleous

Jonathan Hughes

Claus D. Jacobs

Todd Jick

Barbara Kellerman

Steve Kerr

James M. Kouzes

John P. Kotter

Marty Linsky

Ancella B. Livers

Philip H. Mirvis

Annie McKee

Robert Morison

Burt Nanus

James L. Noel

James O'Toole

Barry Z. Posner

Robert E. Quinn

Andrew Razeghi

Douglas A. Ready

Sandra Robinson

Michael J. Sales

Steven B. Sample

Andrew W. Savitz

Edgar H. Schein

Robert J. Thomas

David Ulrich

Norman Walker

Michael Watkins

Karl Weber

Jeff Weiss

The second edition of best-selling __Business Leadership__ draws on the best thinking on leadership from the biggest names in the business to explore the fundamentals of business leadership: what it is, how to do it, and what maximizes its success. The books is intended as a resource for both experienced business leaders and those aspiring to the role. Newcomers can read cover-to-cover and explore leadership's scope, purpose, methods, and possibilities. They will find everything they need to get started and grow in their leadership. Organizations need leadership at every level, and the chapters offer support for those with or without formal leadership positions at work. Experienced leaders will appreciate chapters that capture best thinking on a range of topics - the complex nature of the work, essential skills and ways to enhance them, models for understanding the organizational terrain, ways to anticipate the challenges and avoid the pitfalls, and strategies to sustain oneself as a leader. The best of leadership thinking from top leaders>More than just a collection of short 'greatest hits, ' this revision is based on a conceptual philosophy that leadership is not exclusively tied to position in the hierarchy or limited to title and formal authority. Everyone has a responsibility to lead, and leaders need to be dispersed throughout and down through all levels of an organization. This new edition will provide leaders with solid theories ideas that help them understand what leadership is and isn't as well as useful ..