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On Becoming a Leader
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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.read more
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Leadership and negative capability
TL;DR: In this article, negative capability is defined as the ability to resist dispersing into defensive routines when leading at the limits of one's knowledge, resources and trust, and it is suggested that negative capability can create an intermediate space that enables one to continue to think in difficult situations.
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From Simplicism to Complexity in Leadership Identity and Preparation: Exploring the Lineage and Dark Secrets.
Jacky Lumby,Fenwick W. English +1 more
Abstract: This article challenges the largely Western, functionalist and unitary notion of the self which underlies contemporary international approaches to educational leadership preparation. It locates an alternative concept of the self as simultaneously singular and multiple in deep‐rooted and persisting mythic, religious and metaphysical thinking. The article suggests that identity is self‐ and co‐constructed to achieve a sense of coherence, worth and belonging, primarily through ongoing narratives and relationships. As a consequence, a leader must construct an identity performance to take up the role of leader, develop narratives and adapt identities to the ongoing surveillance of an accountability audience. The article suggests that preparation, in focusing on the acquisition of technical craft skills related to administration and socialization into a generally uncontested set of values and norms, evades and miniaturizes the performance of leadership. The preparation of leaders for complex, uncertain and ambi...
Building a competitive regional innovation environment : the regional development platform method as a tool for regional innovation policy
TL;DR: In this paper, a regional development platform method is proposed to assess the regional innovation environment, and five regional dynamic capabilities are highlighted: leadership capability, visionary capability, learning capability, networking capability, and innovative capability.
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Satisfaction with organizational vision, job satisfaction and service efforts: an empirical investigation
TL;DR: In this article, an exploratory study was conducted to determine if stakeholder satisfaction with organizational vision was associated with overall job satisfaction and perceived effort, and the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to define the constructs and establish the measurement properties of the structural equation model tested.
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Authentic Leadership Practical Reflexivity, Self-Awareness, and Self-Authorship
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a process to facilitate student engagement in practical reflexivity and self-authorship through which students develop the self-awareness that is required to be an authentic and effective leader.
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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.