August 2010
Beginner
656 pages
11h 58m
English
Ever wonder why people will be enthusiastic about a sports team, religious affiliation, or political party that they have no real influence or impact for, but these same folks can't muster a modicum of passion about the source of their paycheck?
Research shows that you not only have a professional interest in having your team on board, but a personal one.
In Geeks & Geezers, Bennis and Thomas examined several cases of leadership failures by analyzing the records of short-tenured CEOs, including Coca-Cola's Douglas Invester, Compaq's Eckhard Pfeiffer, Cerner's Neal Patterson, P&G's Durk Jager, and Warnaco's Linda Wachler. In their findings, the authors concluded that these "crash and burns" weren't ...