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On Becoming a Leader

TLDR
In this paper, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke, and others, in a new book.
Abstract
"In a penetrating, insightful new book, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke", (Sloan Management Review), and others. "A solid work that illuminates its subject and engages (the reader).. . . Its ideas are wise enough to stand reexamination".--USA Today.

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Leaders as catalysts for organizational change: how popular press business books address this topic

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated differences among means of 110 randomly selected popular press business books (b-books) from a population of 1,200, written by multiple authors, mixed-gender coauthors, male vis-a-vis female authors, and b-books published between 1954 and 2006.

Leadership as role and relationship in social dynamics: An exploratory study seeking a leadership archetype

TL;DR: This article investigated whether a leadership archetype exists as a shared cognitive template and if so, what characteristics define it, and found that choice and attribution are key elements in selecting leaders and accepting their leadership.
Dissertation

Supervision Strategies That Build Self-Confidence Among Counselors in Training

TL;DR: More recently, Better-Fitzhugh et al. as mentioned in this paper conducted a study to understand what supervision strategies were utilized by site supervisors and how effective these strategies were in building self-confidence and job readiness.
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The Closing of the American Mind

TL;DR: The closing of the American mind as discussed by the authors is one of the best-sellers in history, and Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today, and it has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.