Rethinking LeadershipIn the twenty-first century, leaders are having to speak a new language, create fluid organic structures, and recognise organisations as systems with self-renewing capacity. This book explores what real leadership means, encouraging the reader to look within. |
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Contents
Awareness | 1 |
ix | 9 |
Understanding power and group dynamics | 20 |
Openness The Times are aChanging | 27 |
Simplicity New Science and Leadership | 33 |
What do you understand | 40 |
Leaders of transformation | 46 |
Connectivity | 69 |
Process Strategy and Leadership | 83 |
Followership A Personal Reflection on Leading by Following | 89 |
Stewardship The Leader as Servant | 99 |
Ambiguity Leadership Incongruities Tensions and Paradoxes | 109 |
Epilogue The New Landscape | 117 |
Bibliography | 127 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rethinking Leadership |
| Authors | Kurt A. April, Robert Macdonald, Sylvia Vriesendorp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Juta and Company Ltd, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1919713530, 9781919713533 |
| Length | 139 pages |
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