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Why leaders can't lead : the unconscious conspiracy continues / Warren Bennis.

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The author -- Part 1: The unconscious conspiracy and how to confound it -- One job, one year, one life -- Learning some basic truisms about leadership -- The new metaphysics of our age -- Part 2: A society without dreams -- The long slide from true leadership -- Back to the future -- The age of unreality -- Where have all the leaders gone? -- Part 3: Parts of the problem -- Bosses as heroes and celebrities -- When there are too many chiefs -- Bottom-line obsessions -- Untapped human capital -- The perils of accord -- The pornography of leadership -- When winning is losing -- The name of the game is greed -- Part 4: Parts of the solution -- Leading to make a difference -- A bright future for complexity -- Letting virtues shine through -- Quitting on principle -- Canceling the doppelgänger effect -- Leader power that no one has -- Avoiding disaster during periods of change -- Dealing with the way things are -- Postscript.
Abstract An analysis of the problems facing anyone who tries to take charge of an organization--of whatever kind--and effect change; with specific suggestions.

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HM141.B44

Publisher

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers., 1989

Physical Description

xix, 169 pages : portrait ; 24 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1555421520

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Subject(s)

General Sociology
Leadership. Social change. United States -- Civi

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