Contents

What Makes a Leader?

Daniel Goleman

What Makes an Effective Executive

Peter F. Drucker

What Leaders Really Do

John P. Kotter

The Work of Leadership

Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie

Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?

Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones

Crucibles of Leadership

Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas

Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve

Jim Collins

Seven Transformations of Leadership

David Rooke and William R. Torbert

Discovering Your Authentic Leadership

Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, and Diana Mayer

In Praise of the Incomplete Leader

Deborah Ancona, Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski, and Peter M. Senge

About the Contributors

Index

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