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| The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages | 
 enlarge | Author: J. Thomas Wren
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 43101
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 376
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0028740912
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.3409
EAN: 9780028740911
ASIN: 0028740912
Publication Date: August 1, 1995
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 Great compendium, but slanted toward social-psychological... March 1, 2002
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book consists of 64 excerpts from (mostly) modern writers about leadership, with a social-psychological perspective. (The non-modern excerpts are from, for example, Plato, Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Lao-tzu, Carlyle, etc.) There are a couple of chapters dealing with women's leadership. The editor, J. Thomas Wren, has struggled to find common grounds--e.g., modern views of leadership, leaders and followers together, the leadership environment. Nearly all writings are slanted toward social-psychological, around concepts like "transaction," "transforming," behavioral theories, system perspectives, influence, tactics, organizational decision-making, and so forth.A friend noted the paucity of "high quality" mass leadership in today's America--he was speaking of the Enron mess and the financial predations of high-power executive America, the corruption of the political process by highly expensive campaigns, the stagnation of our drug "war," and the pervasive ironic cynicism in public commentary. This book does not deal with the absence of leadership, unfortunately, or the inability of America to handle fast-moving problems (such as global warming, and our contribution to it)--but it is great background material and well worth reading.
 A Great Collection of Leadership Essays June 25, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you want a synopis of what is or has been said about leadership this is the book. I regularly use it as a reference text for my leadership classes.
Getting a grasp on the nature of leadership February 12, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have used this book in an introductory class on Leadership. It provides an outstanding overview of key authors and their thoughts on leadership spanning centuries. Wren offers a readable review of a variety of methodological approaches to the study of leadership presented through the writings of a wide array of authors. Both historical views and modern views are covered in the work and this anthology opens the door for more extensive readings. As a discussion starter it is a goldmine. The arrangement of broad topic areas such as, Historical, Leaders and Followers, Environments, Skills, and most important, writings in Moral Leadership promotes the development of "jigsaw" discussion techniques. Wren presents an excellent introduction to a fascinating topic!
Very concise reader on leadership topics June 6, 1999
I had to read selections from this book for a class in Leadership Theories - and to my surprise, I truly enjoyed it! As a text for a budding manager/leader or as a reader for someone already in management, this book gives you all that you could want in capsule form. Although some of the selections are not a smooth read (owing to the edits), the majority of the information is presented professionaly without being laden with jargon and obscure references. I showed this to my boss, and he immediately wanted a copy of his own.
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