Leadership for Organizations
David Waldman, Charles A. O′Reilly
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Leadership for Organizations
David Waldman, Charles A. O′Reilly
About This Book
The need to develop better business leaders has never been greater. Leadership for Organizations provides a brief overview of leadership at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Authors David A. Waldman and Charles O'Reilly expertly cover the foundational leadership approaches with a special emphasis on contemporary issues as well as visionary and strategic leadership. The text is accompanied by more than 40 video cases from Stanford Graduate School of Business's Leadership in Focus video collection. Students learn through role-modeling as they watch real-world leaders, ranging from first-time managers to CEOs, share stories of their leadership challenges and successes. A Complete Teaching & Learning Package SAGE Premium Video
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Part One Foundations for Effective Leadership
Chapter One Introduction
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”—Jack Welch, former CEO of GE
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”—President and General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Learning Objectives
- 1.1 Define organizational leadership
- 1.2 Describe the difference between leadership and management
- 1.3 Summarize the ways leaders are both born and made
- 1.4 Explain how organizations benefit from leadership
- 1.5 Discuss the importance of context to leadership
- 1.6 Describe how leadership can be learned based on science and as an art
Defining Organizational Leadership
Some Important Introductory Questions
- Is there a difference between leadership and management?
- Are leaders born, or are they made?
- Why exactly is leadership so important for organizations?
- How does context affect leadership?