January 2008
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
15h 44m
English
Robert E. Quinn
As leaders, sometimes we're "on," and sometimes we're not. Why is that? What separates episodes of excellence from those of mere competence? In striving to tip the balance toward excellence, we try to identify great leaders' qualities and behaviors so we can develop them ourselves. Nearly all corporate training programs and books on leadership are grounded in the assumption that we should study the behaviors of those who have been successful and teach people to emulate them.
My colleagues and I have found that when leaders do their best work, they don't copy anyone. Instead, they draw on their own fundamental values and capabilities—operating in a frame ...
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