The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages

  • 21h 35m 2s
  • J. Thomas Wren
  • Recorded Books, Inc.
  • 2020

This book serves as a guided introduction to the richly diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world. Each of the selections, introduced by the editor, presents enlightening thoughts on a different aspect of leadership. Writings by Plato, Aristotle, Lao-tzu, and others demonstrate that the challenges of leadership are as old as civilization. Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Ghandi, and W. E. B. Du Bois provide a wide range of insights into the eternal practice and problems of leadership. Modern masters of leadership such as James MacGregor Burns, John Kotter, and Warren Bennis join such leading practitioners as Max De Pree and Roger B. Smith in discussing contemporary issues in leadership theory and practice.

In this Audiobook

  • 1. The Cry for Leadership
  • 2. The Crisis of Leadership
  • 3. Defining a Citizen Leader
  • 4. Servant Leadership
  • 5. Thinking and Learning about Leadership
  • 6. Paths of Inquiry into Leadership
  • 7. The Meaning of Leadership
  • 8. What is Leadership?
  • 9. Concepts of Leadership: The Beginnings
  • 10. The Hero as King
  • 11. Rulers and Generals are “History's Slaves”
  • 12. The Republic
  • 13. Politics
  • 14. How Princes Should Keep Faith
  • 15. Tao Te Ching
  • 16. Satyagraha
  • 17. The Talented Tenth
  • 18. Contemporary Leadership Theory
  • 19. Transactional and Transforming Leadership
  • 20. The Transformation of Transforming Leadership
  • 21. Beyond the Charismatic Leader: Leadership and Organizational Change
  • 22. What Leaders Really Do
  • 23. Personal Factors Associated with Leadership
  • 24. Leadership: Do Traits Matter?
  • 25. Behavioral Theories of Leadership
  • 26. Ways Women Lead
  • 27. Would Women Lead Differently
  • 28. Women and Minorities in Management
  • 29. Leaders and Followers
  • 30. Leaders and Followers are the People in This Relationship
  • 31. In Praise of Followers
  • 32. Situational Leadership
  • 33. SuperLeadership: Beyond the Myth of Heroic Leadership
  • 34. Domination/Subordination
  • 35. Challenging the Barriers to Opportunity
  • 36. The Historical and Contemporary Contexts of Leadership: A Conceptual Model
  • 37. Cultural Constraints in Management Theories
  • 38. Defining Organizational Culture
  • 39. Strong Cultures: A New “Old Rule” for Business Success
  • 40. Leadership in Large-Scale Organized Systems
  • 41. Leadership and Democracy
  • 42. The Making of a Citizen Leader
  • 43. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle
  • 44. Understanding and Influencing Follower Motivation
  • 45. Power, Influence, and Influence Tactics
  • 46. Developmental Sequence in Small Groups
  • 47. Groupthink
  • 48. The Artform of Leadership
  • 49. What it Means to Think Critically
  • 50. Common Views of Organizations
  • 51. Choosing a Fundamental Change Strategy
  • 52. Visionary Leadership
  • 53. The Decision-Making Process
  • 54. Decision Making and the Leadership Process
  • 55. Leadership Communication Skills
  • 56. Designing Systems for Resolving Disputes in Organizations
  • 57. Leadership Jazz
  • 58. Redefining Leadership for the Next Century
  • 59. Talent and Training for Leadership
  • 60. A New Vision of Leadership
  • 61. Moral Leadership
  • 62. Moral Development in Individuals
  • 63. Messages from the Environment: The Influence of Policies and Practices on Employee Responsibility
  • 64. Universal Human Values: Finding an Ethical Common Ground
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