The Leader's Companion : Insights on Leadership Through the Ages
J. Thomas Wren (Editor)





Format: Paperback, 554pp.
ISBN: 9780028740911
Publisher: Free Press
Pub. Date: March 1997

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From The Publisher:

This book serves as a guided introduction to the rich a diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world. Each of the selections, introduced by the editor, presents enlightening thoughts on a different aspect of leadership. Writings by Plato, Aristotle, Lao-tzu and others demonstrate that the challenges of leadership are as old as civilization. Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Ghandi, and W.E.B. Du Bois provide a wide range of insights into the eternal practice and problems of leadership. Modern masters of leadership such as James MacGregor Burns, John Kotter, and Warren Bennis join such leading practitioners as Max De Pree and Roger B. Smith in discussing contemporary issues in leadership theory and practice.


About the Editor

J. Thomas Wren teaches at the University of Richmond's Jepson School of Leadership Studies. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.


Table of Contents

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	The Cry for Leadership	3
2	The Crisis of Leadership	8
3	Defining a Citizen Leader	11
4	Servant Leadership	18
5	Thinking and Learning about Leadership	27
6	Paths of Inquiry into Leadership	33
7	The Meaning of Leadership	37
8	What Is Leadership?	39
9	Concepts of Leadership: The Beginnings	49
10	The Hero as King	53
11	Rulers and Generals Are "History's Slaves"	55
12	The Republic	60
13	Politics	65
14	How Princes Should Keep Faith	67
15	Tao Te Ching	69
16	Satyagraha	72
17	The Talented Tenth	78
18	Contemporary Leadership Theory	83
19	Transactional and Transforming Leadership	100
20	The Transformation of Transforming Leadership	102
21	Beyond the Charismatic Leader: Leadership and Organizational Change	108
22	What Leaders Really Do	114
23	Personal Factors Associated with Leadership	127
24	Leadership: Do Traits Matter?	133
25	Behavioral Theories of Leadership	144
26	Ways Women Lead	149
27	Would Women Lead Differently	161
28	Women and Minorities in Management	168
29	Leaders and Followers	185
30	Leaders and Followers Are the People in this Relationship	189
31	In Praise of Followers	193
32	Situational Leadership	207
33	SuperLeadership: Beyond the Myth of Heroic Leadership	212
34	Domination/Subordination	222
35	Challenging the Barriers to Opportunity	231
36	The Historical and Contemporary Contexts of Leadership: A Conceptual Model	245
37	Cultural Constraints in Management Theories	253
38	Defining Organizational Culture	271
39	Strong Cultures: A New "Old Rule" for Business Success	282
40	Leadership in Large-Scale Organized Systems	297
41	Leadership and Democracy	303
42	The Making of a Citizen Leader	310
43	Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle	318
44	Understanding and Influencing Follower Motivation	327
45	Power, Influence, and Influence Tactics	339
46	Developmental Sequence in Small Groups	355
47	Groupthink	360
48	The Artform of Leadership	377
49	What It Means to Think Critically	379
50	Common Views of Organizations	389
51	Choosing a Fundamental Change Strategy	395
52	Visionary Leadership	402
53	The Decision-Making Process	408
54	Decision Making and the Leadership Process	418
55	Leadership Communication Skills	428
56	Designing Systems for Resolving Disputes in Organizations	432
57	Leadership Jazz	453
58	Redefining Leadership for the Next Century	456
59	Talent and Training for Leadership	464
60	A New Vision of Leadership	472
61	Moral Leadership	483
62	Moral Development in Individuals	484
63	Messages from the Environment: The Influence of Policies and Practices on Employee Responsibility	492
64	Universal Human Values: Finding an Ethical Common Ground	500
	References	509
	Name Index	545
	Subject Index	549

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