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J. W. McLean - Leadership--magic, myth, or method?

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Challenges basic assumptions about leadership, outlines important leadership principles, and explains six essential skills for leaders.

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LeadershipMagic,Myth, or Method?
J. W. McLean and William Weitzel
amacom
American Management Association

title:Leadership--magic, Myth, or Method?
author:McLean, J. W.; Weitzel, William.
publisher:AMACOM Books
isbn10 | asin:0814450547
print isbn13:9780814450543
ebook isbn13:9780585025926
language:English
subjectLeadership, Management.
publication date:1992
lcc:HD57.7.M396 1992eb
ddc:303.3/4
subject:Leadership, Management.
This book is available at a special discount when ordered in bulk quantities. For information, contact Special Sales Department, AMACOM, a division of American Management Association, 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
The following publishers have generously given permission to use extended quotations from copyrighted works: From The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen. 1990 by Sally Helgesen. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. From The Unconscious Conspiracy by Warren Bennis. Copyright 1976. Reprinted by permission of Warren Bennis. From Personality Research Form Manual by D. N. Jackson. Copyright 1984. Used by permission of Sigma Assessment Systems, Port Huron, Mich. From A History of Economic Thought. Copyright 1967 by the Ronald Press Company. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. From Personality Grid-Managing Interpersonal Relationships by Larry Wilson. Copyright 1978 by Larry Wilson. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Wilson Learning Corporation. From Sell-Tell-Jell-Sales Sonics, by Larry Wilson. Copyright 1969 by Larry Wilson. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Wilson Learning Corporation. From How to Use Your Physical and Emotional Ability to Overcome Your Problems and Realize Your Goals by Eugene J. Benge. Copyright 1977 by Dow Jones-Irwin. Reprinted by permission of Business One Irwin. From Mind of a Manager, Soul of a Leader by Craig R. Hickman. Copyright 1990 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. From Planagement by Robert M. Randolph. Copyright 1975. Reprinted by permission of Robert M. Randolph. From Leadership Training by Lou Heckler. Copyright 1987. Reprinted by permission of Lou Heckler. From Why Employees Don't Do What They're Supposed to Do by Ferdinand F Fournies. Copyright 1988. Reprinted by permission of F. Fournies & Associates, Inc. Excerpt from Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers. Copyright 1987 by Susan Jeffers, reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. From How's That Again? by Roger M. D'Aprix. Copyright 1971. Reprinted by permission of Business One Irwin. From Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge by Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus. Copyright 1985. Reprinted by permission of Warren Bennis.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McLean, J. W.
Leadership-magic, myth or method? / J. W. McLean and William
Weitzel.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8144-5054-7
1. Leadership. 2. Management. I. Weitzel, William. II. Title.
[HD57.7.M396 1992] 91-34595
303.3'4 -dc20 CIP
1992 J. W. McLean and William F. Weitzel.
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of AMACOM, a division of American Management Association, 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
Printing number
10 9 8 7
Dedicated to our exceptional matrimonial leaders of eighty combined years, Eleanor and Elizabeth, who have certainly done lots of magic.
Page vii
Contents
Preface
xi
Acknowledgements
xiii
Part One Understandting the Leadership Mystique:
The Myths
1
Myth 1
Charisma Is a Necessary Leadership Quality
5
Myth 2
Leaders Can Never Be Wrong
7
Myth 3
Leadership Means Being Consistent
9
Myth 4
Leaders Should Always Know the Goal in Advance
11
Myth 5
It Is Usually More Stressful to Lead Than to Follow
13
Myth 6
The Leader Must Be Able to Perform the Jobs of the Followers
14
Myth 7
A Leader in One Environment Should Lead in Others
16
Myth 8
Leadership Is an Opportunity Only for Those Who Have Strong Support From the "Higher-Ups"
18
Myth 9
Followers Resent Being Manipulated
20
Myth 10
Leadership Is Often Incidental Because the Success or Failure of Most Group Efforts Is Determined by Outside Events
22
Myth 11
Leaders Are an Endangered Species
24
Myth 12
Leadership Is Just Too Complicated for Me
25
Page viii
Part Two
A Glimpse of Some Cardinal Leadership Studies
31
Study 1
Socratic Philosophy
33
Study 2
Murray/Maslow/Alderfer/McClelland
35
Study 3
Austrian School of Economics
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