The Portable Guide to Leading Organizations

About this book

Airport bookstores are crowded with business books. Each volume in this copious genre seems to promote a "lack." They'll begin with phrases like "The most pressing issue in organizations is that leaders lack integrity...or empathy...or strategy...or even humor." These books continue by laying out the author's simple framework for developing the perfect leader. On and on the dialogue goes to the point where readers become confused because the 21 Unassailable Edicts of Leadership are different than the Seven Routines of Really Efficient Leaders. It would be a poor move to add to this confusion. With this in mind, the "lack" in this book is not intended to be the most pressing issue in organizations, just the easiest to Leaders lack an understanding of leadership theory. In The Portable Guide to Leading Organizations , readers will learn the basic theories and models of leadership and change, the history of management and motivational research, and the various schools of thought surrounding how to implement strategy in organizations. This brief primer is an enlightening and entertaining way to lead smarter.