Collins Business Essentials
2 total works
Internationally renowned business thinkers Bennis and Townsend engage in a debate about leadership style. Bennis predicts an end to the military-style management of the past, while Townsend wants to see empowered workers who have fun while they overcome challenges. The authors outline how to embrace change, turn mistakes into valuable opportunities, transform vision into reality, and lead any organization into the future. Dialogue starters and a 21-day programme give readers the opportunity to continue the leadership dialogue in their own offices.
In this illuminating study of corporate America's most critical issue-leadership-world-renowned leadership guru Warren Bennis and his co-author Burt Nanus reveal the four key principles every manager should know: Attention Through Vision, Meaning Through Communication, Trust Through Positioning, and The Deployment of Self. In this age of "process", with downsizing and restructuring affecting many workplaces, companies have fallen trap to lack of communication and distrust, and vision and leadership are needed more than ever before. The wisdom and insight in Leaders addresses this need. It is an indispensable source of guidance all readers will appreciate, whether they're running a small department or in charge of an entire corporation.