Authors: Barbara Kellerman
ISBN-13: 9781591391661, ISBN-10: 1591391660
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Date Published: September 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Kellerman (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) contends that humans hold an idealized vision of their leaders and defer power to them, like most animals, for safety and security; and he descibes how both shepherds and sheep are responsible for bad leadership. The text identifies two categories of bad leadershipineffective and unethicaland divides these into seven types: incompetent, rigid, intemperate, callous, corrupt, insular, and evil. Each type is studied through examples ranging from Putin to Pol Pot. In the final chapter the author offers ideas on how bad leadership can be stopped or slowed by leaders and followers alike. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ms. Kellerman's volume is elegantly written and a pleasure to read...
Introduction : webs of significance | ||
1 | Claiming the bad side | 3 |
2 | Reasons for being bad | 15 |
3 | Making meaning of being bad | 29 |
4 | Incompetent | 51 |
5 | Rigid | 75 |
6 | Intemperate | 95 |
7 | Callous | 119 |
8 | Corrupt | 147 |
9 | Insular | 169 |
10 | Evil | 191 |
11 | Costs and benefits | 219 |
12 | Comments and corrections | 229 |