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Current management philosophy advocates an outmoded
Machiavellian approach to running organizations: Leaders are told
in countless books that they can only accomplish their goals by
being tough, manipulative, dictatorial, or paternalistic as the
situation requires.
In Leading Change, noted management theorist James O''Toole
proposes a provocative new vision of leadership in the business
world--a vision of leadership rooted in moral values and a
consistent display of respect for all followers. As O''Toole
brilliantly demonstrates, values-based leadership is not only fair
and just, it is also highly effective in today''s complex
organizations.
When leaders truly believe that their prime goal is the welfare
of their followers, they get results. The finest leaders--from
political giants like Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln to
contemporary CEOs like Max De Pree and James Houghton--have always
shared leadership with their followers. They create organizations
that encourage change and self-reevaluation; they foster an
atmosphere of open-mindedness and fresh thinking, in which
assumptions can be challenged and goals reassessed.
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