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Manage Your Hungers
This chapter discusses how sometimes leaders bring themselves down–not by succumbing to external criticism or pressures, but by forgetting to attend to their own needs. Often they become more and more wrapped up in their pursuits and unwittingly exhaust themselves. But the challenge is generally more deep-seated than situational; leaders must be aware of desires for power and affirmation that, when not managed, can derail their best efforts…. More >>
Understanding Leadership Perspectives: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
There is no dearth of popular books on leadership, often extolling the virtues of charismatic, celebrity leaders or offering simplistic formulas for “inspiring the troops” to achieve “extraordinary results”. However, empirical research and exploration of leadership and its many elements is in much less supply. Confronted by failures of leadership in all of our major institutions—business, government, educational, cultural, medical, and spiritual—research… More >>
Understanding Leadership Perspectives: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
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