The Leader of the Future

A Business Week Best–Seller...Over 140,000 Copies Sold "An exciting exposition of numerous ideas on leadership that can nourish the reader spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally. The book is richer for its contributions from diverse leadership thinkers––academics, consultants, and practitioners.... It can offer a challenge to the reader wishing to become more like the leaders whom these numerous authors profile." ––Academy of Management Executive "The Leader of the Future is a thought–provoking collection of essays that gets readers up to speed on the most important trends facing today′s leaders. It′s a one–stop shopping guide that shows how leaders can be successful." ––Training & Development The Leader of the Future offers cutting–edge essays that directly address the future quality of businesses, organizations, and communities––and the leadership required not just to survive, but to thrive. Acclaimed authors, world–renowned consultants, and respected executives present their special perspectives on leadership and a compelling glimpse into the future. This best–selling collection demonstrates: – How leaders motivate by turning the organizational pyramid upside down – How partnering has become a primary skill of world–class leaders – How leaders of the next millennium can create an organizational culture based on principles – How leaders emerge––independent of official rank or status––from organizations that nurture dispersed authority – How to inspire hope and purpose in those who want direction and wish to contribute Peter F. Drucker, Charles Handy, Sally Helgesen, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Stephen R. Covey, and many other great thinkers share their visions of tomorrow′s leader––as different and commanding as their individual records of success––and each powerfully relevant to the future of business, government, and the nonprofit sector.Biographie de l'auteurFRANCES HESSELBEIN is chairman of the board of governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and editor in chief of its journal, Leader to Leader. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America′s highest civilian honor, in 1998. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH is a founding director of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company, one of America′s key providers of customized leadership development. He is a cofounder of the Learning Network, an association of the world′s top consultants. RICHARD BECKHARD is an organization development consultant, author of six books, and former professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.