Indispensable : when leaders really matter / Gautam Mukunda.

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Mukunda, Gautam

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TextPublication details: Boston : Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.Description: xii, 301 p. : ill. b&w ; 24 cmISBN:

9781422186701

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DDC classification:

658.409

Contents:

1. Hunting the high-impact leader -- 2. Enter the presidents -- 3. It is the whole colony: Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase -- 4. The best of us : Lincoln and the Civil War -- 5. We can always depend on Mr. Wilson : Wilson, the Senate and the Treaty of Versailles -- 6. Crashed into ruins : Chamberlain and appeasement -- 7. We shall never surrender : Churchill and the choice to fight -- 8. Beyond politics : the Royal Navy, business and non-normal science -- 9. The tragedy, and potential triumph, of leadership.

Summary: Will your next leader be insignificant--or indispensable? The importance of leadership and the impact of individual leaders has long been the subject of debate. Are they made by history, or do they make it? By identifying and analyzing the hidden patterns of their careers, and by exploring the systems that place these leaders in positions of power. It sheds new light on how we may be able to identify the best leaders and what lessons we can learn, from both the process and the result.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Hunting the high-impact leader --
2. Enter the presidents --
3. It is the whole colony: Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase --
4. The best of us : Lincoln and the Civil War --
5. We can always depend on Mr. Wilson : Wilson, the Senate and the Treaty of Versailles --
6. Crashed into ruins : Chamberlain and appeasement --
7. We shall never surrender : Churchill and the choice to fight --
8. Beyond politics : the Royal Navy, business and non-normal science --
9. The tragedy, and potential triumph, of leadership.

Will your next leader be insignificant--or indispensable? The importance of leadership and the impact of individual leaders has long been the subject of debate. Are they made by history, or do they make it? By identifying and analyzing the hidden patterns of their careers, and by exploring the systems that place these leaders in positions of power. It sheds new light on how we may be able to identify the best leaders and what lessons we can learn, from both the process and the result.

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