Hardcover: 244 pages
Publisher: Harvard Business Press, 2006
ISBN: 1578519713, 9781578519712
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Table of Contents:
Introduction : why should anyone be led by you?
1 Be yourself - more - with skill
2 Know and show yourself - enough
3 Take personal risks
4 Read - and rewrite - the context
5 Remain authentic - but conform enough
6 Manage social distance
7 Communicate - with care
8 Authentic followership
9 The price and prize of leadership
App. A Evaluating your leadership potential
App. B Maximizing authenticity and skill
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Authors
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About the Book:
Too many companies are managed not by leaders, but by mere role players and faceless bureaucrats. What does it take to be a real leader-one who is confident in who she is and what she stands for, and who truly inspires people to achieve extraordinary results? Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones argue that leaders don’t become great by aspiring to a list of universal character traits. Rather, effective leaders are authentic; they deploy individual strengths to engage followers’ hearts, minds, and souls. They are skillful at consistently being themselves, even as they alter their behaviors to respond effectively in changing contexts. In this book, Goffee and Jones draw from extensive research to reveal how to hone and deploy one’s unique leadership assets while managing the inherent tensions at the heart of successful leadership - showing emotion and withholding it, getting close to followers while keeping distance, and maintaining individuality while 'conforming enough'. Underscoring the social nature of leadership, the book also explores how leaders can remain attuned to the needs and expectations of followers.
About the author (2006)
Goffee is Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School where he also serves as the subject area chair. He consults with a number of large corporations in the area of organizational change, corporate culture, and management development.
Gareth Jones is Professor of Christian Theology and Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University College. He is the author of a number of books including "Christian Theology: A Brief Introduction" (1999).
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