Leadership Matters Unleashing the Poer of Paradox [Hardcover]

Some leaders fundamentally alter the status quo whilst others guide quietly. Most leadership books emphasise specific rules, but Tom Cronin and Michael Genovese see leadership as filled with paradox. Leadership Matters offers a different view of leadership - one that builds community and responds creatively to new situations. Cronin and Genovese argue that leadership is about more than just charisma and set leaders on to a different path - to unleash the power of paradox.

Preface

1. The Paradoxes of Leadership
2. Defining Leadership
3. Leadership Realities
4. What the Classics Teach Us about Leadership: From Gilgamesh to the Bible
5. What the Classics Teach Us: Machiavelli to Shakespeare
6. What the Classics Teach Us: The Rise of the Constitutional Democracy
7. What Business Teaches Us about Leadership
8. What Politics Teaches Us about Leadership
9. What the Military Teaches Us about Leadership
10. What Hollywood Teaches Us about Leadership
11. The Darker Side of Leadership
12. The Creative Side of Leadership
13. Leadership as a Performing Art

Acknowledgements
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

Cronin and Genovese have written a compelling and original book. It is terrifica real addition to the leadership canon.
Warren Bennis, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

A superb bookIt will have an important place in the literature and in the classroom.
J. Thomas Wren, Jepson School of Leadership, University of Richmond

This is a terrific book&destined to become a classic.
James OToole, former Executive Vice President, Aspen Institute

Leadership Matters is a highly sophisticated, deeply probing, and remarkably comprehensive treatment of this dynamic and crucial subject.
James MacGregor Burns, WillilC.