{"product_id":"leadership-essential-selections-pb-paperback","title":"Leadership: Essential Selections (Pb) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Kellerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Bravo to Barbara Kellerman! Building upon a lifetime of scholarship and upon a popular course she has created at Harvard, Kellerman brings between the covers of a single volume the world's classic literature on leadership. Every thoughtful leader will find deep, rich rewards here.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- David Gergen, Director, Center for Public Leadership Harvard Kennedy School, Former Presidential Adviser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBolster your leadership literacy--and improve your performance as a leader or manager. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeadership\u003c\/i\u003e, says author, leadership expert, and Harvard Professor Barbara Kellerman, \"is all about what leaders should learn--but it is decidedly not, deliberately not, about what leadership education has lately come to look like.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, \u003ci\u003eLeadership\u003c\/i\u003e is a concise yet expansive collection of great leadership literature that has stood the test of time. As Kellerman makes clear in her extensive, authoritative commentaries, every single selection has had, and continues to have, an impact on how and what we think about what it means to lead. And every single one has had an impact on leadership as an area of intellectual inquiry--as well as on the course of human history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I of \u003ci\u003eLeadership\u003c\/i\u003e consists of writings about leadership: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLao Tzu--on how to lead lightly \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlato--on tyrants and philosopher-kings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachiavelli--on the preservation of power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Part II, you'll find examples of what Kellerman uniquely identifies as writing as leadership--works and words that thanks to their persuasiveness and power, changed the world: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThomas Paine--Common Sense \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElizabeth Cady Stanton--\"Declaration of Sentiments\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRachel Carson--Silent Spring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III presents leaders in action--individuals who seized the moment to captivate, motivate, and lead with their singular personal power to persuade: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAbraham Lincoln--on war and redemption \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElizabeth I--on gender and power \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVaclav Havel--on the power of the powerless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe selections themselves, each a classic of the leadership literature, together with Kellerman's expert commentary, make Leadership required reading for those who want to learn about, reflect on, and even apply the greatest leadership literature lessons, ever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Kellerman is the James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has appeared on CBS, NBC, NPR, and CNN. She is author and editor of many books on leadership, most recently \u003ci\u003eBad Leadership and Followership\u003c\/i\u003e. Kellerman is ranked by Forbes.com as among the \"Top 50 Business Thinkers\" (2009), and by Leadership Excellence in the top 15 of 100 \"best minds on leadership\" (2008-2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42094300921991,"sku":"9781265782078","price":57.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a32b03cca023a7a61d32f5dbf4dbd3ac.webp?v=1732319445","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/leadership-essential-selections-pb-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}