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The Accidental Leader The Accidental Leader Harvey Robbins,Michael Finley It could happen today. You are called into the office, and the boss tells you that due to unforeseen circumstances, starting today you will be in charge of a team, a project, an office, a committee, … OL15177391W
Cracking the corporate code Cracking the corporate code Price M. Cobbs "Cracking the Corporate Code delves deeply into the lives and careers of 32 such notable professionals. These are not the men and women usually cited: the high-profile government officials, the legen… OL16936907W
Timeless management Timeless management Alan Coppin "Today's managers are bombarded with a constant stream of management fads and fashions each claiming to be the key to business success. In this book Alan Coppin and John Barratt draw on their experie… OL16959059W
Martin Luther King, Jr., on leadership Martin Luther King, Jr., on leadership Donald T. Phillips While the American Civil War formally ended slavery, it did not end segregation or racial discrimination. It took nearly 15 years of activism, led by the nonviolent movement organized by Dr. Martin L… OL1807679W
Silos, politics & turf wars Silos, politics & turf wars Patrick Lencioni In yet another page-turner, New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed management expert Patrick Lencioni addresses the costly and maddening issue of silos, the barriers that create organizatio… OL1835394W
Leadership Leadership Peter Guy Northouse "Used at more than 1500 institutions in 89 countries and translated into 12 different languages, this market-leading text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theories an… OL18724331W
Leading Change Leading Change John P. Kotter What will it take to bring your organization successfully into the twenty-first century? The world's foremost expert on business leadership distills twenty-five years of experience and wisdom based o… OL1932148W
Tribes Tribes Seth Godin If you're looking at this page this far ahead of publication, you're probably a member of Seth Godin's tribe. And if so, you already know what this book is about. You know about waiting in line at an… OL2329241W
Plotseling manager Plotseling manager Gary S. Topchik Praktische adviezen aan (beginnende) managers voor een succesvolle uitoefening van hun werk. OL24647579W
A passion for excellence A passion for excellence Nancy Austin,Thomas J. Peters,Tom Peters A revolution is on, and managers in every field are rethinking the tried and, as it turns out, not so true management principles that have often served their institutions poorly. At the heart of revo… OL2634085W
The leadership gene The leadership gene Cyril Levicki “Cyril Levicki believes that leaders are born, not made. That leaders don't manage and managers don't lead and that personal and professional balance is essential for good leaders to succeed. The Lea… OL28965683W
Reframing Organizations Reframing Organizations Lee G. Bolman In this third edition of their best-selling classic, authors Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal explain the powerful tool of "reframing." The authors have distilled the organizational literature into a com… OL3359455W
Machiavelli's Children Machiavelli's Children Richard J. Samuels "In this book about leadership and historical choices, Richard J. Samuels emphasizes the role of human ingenuity in political change. He draws on interviews and archival research in a fascinating ser… OL3950114W
The art of leadership The art of leadership George Manning xvi, 381 p. : 28 cm OL5282920W
Relational Leadership Relational Leadership Walter C. Wright 2nd ed., rev. & expanded OL5318025W
The spellbinders The spellbinders Ann Ruth Willner The author examines power of charisma in political leadership and its consequences in the history of the 20th century including Gandhi, Hitler, Castro, Franklin Roosevelt, Sukarno, the Ayatollah Khom… OL5592315W
6 habits of highly effective bosses 6 habits of highly effective bosses Stephen E. Kohn "This is a wonderful book for managers to read. It is comprehensible, concise and filled with useful wisdom on the human aspects of leadership."-Mike Wilk, Partner and Practice Leader, Ernst & Young"… OL5847529W
Ruthless Execution Ruthless Execution Amir Hartman Ruthless Execution focuses on today's #1 business leadership challenge: managing adversity while preparing your company for a rebirth of success. Amir Hartman identifies the central ingredients that … OL6035045W
The emergence of leadership The emergence of leadership Douglas Griffin The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the emergence of the most complex global organizations humans have ever known. This book focuses on the key factor which is identified as sustaining… OL6214898W
Management Gurus and Management Fashions Management Gurus and Management Fashions Brad Jackson Since the 1980s, popular management thinkers, 'gurus', have promoted a number of performance improvement programs and management fashions which have greatly influenced both the everyday conduct of or… OL8097283W
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