Management was perhaps the greatest invention of the 20th century. It was responsible for the huge growth of companies and new innovations. But as we move closer into the new millennium, it is looking more and more outdated. In this article in the Wall Street Journal, Alan Murray argues that business leaders need to think [...]
The narcissistic personality trait describes individuals that believe they are special, have a sense of entitlement, require excessive admiration, lack empathy, are interpersonally exploitive, and are arrogant and haughty. As defined by one of its most frequently used measures, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI, Raskin & Hall, 1981), there are four dimensions to the narcissistic [...]
Business leaders aren’t like lawyers or doctors, whose abilities are measurable by their knowledge of specific subject areas, writes Richard Barker in the Harvard Business Review. Barker argues that leaders are generalists, able to draw together connections between other’s fields of expertise in order to for the group to achieve new heights. Good leadership can’t [...]
Russell Ackoff was a professor of management at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He was also a leading authority on systems thinking. Ackoff died in October 2009, but this new book “Systems Thinking For Curious Managers,” is an excellent contribution to systems thinking and serves as a fitting tribute to his legacy.
This book is [...]
LeaderLab Papers is a new serial publication from LeaderLab. Shorter than books, but longer than articles, these eMonographs are designed to provide readers with a solid understanding leadership and organizational theories. The eMonographs’ electronic format allows them to be read in any method you desire. Feel free to print, copy or email out this series to [...]
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