Three Spirits of Leadership: The United Voice of the Entrepreneur, the Corporation and the Community - Softcover

Dattner, Fabian; Luscombe, Ken; Grant, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1875680691 ISBN 13: 9781875680696

Publisher: Business & Professional Pub, 1999

Synopsis

A senior corporate executive, an entrepreneur, and a high-ranking CEO offer insight on leadership, business success, and the secret to effective organizations in this discussion of the interaction between entrepreneurs, corporations, and communities. It addresses the key themes facing businesses everywhere: leadership and decision-making at the turn of the century, organizational change, and a renewed awareness of the importance of community and the spirit. Presenting a model of a united front of all three approaches to business when the strengths of each are combined, this book offers practical considerations and encourages shifts in perception.

About this title

About the Author

Fabian Dattner is the director of DGL International, a consultancy specializing in strategic leadership initiatives and rebuilding communities post-merger. She is the author of Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained and Naked Truth. Jim Grant has worked in human resource development and industrial relations on an international level and is a founding partner of DGL International. Ken Luscombe is an authority on urban community development for DGL International's U.S. division.

Review

This book introduces readers to a compelling view of the world which has formidable capacity developed through the unified voices of people who would not normally work together or value each other.

...a business book, a school book, and a casual read. ...for the wild at heart and the conservative...for the parents of children and the leaders of organisations...a book which recognises the deeply felt needs of people looking to create a secure future where people stand back to back, beyond the divisions of culture, class, religion and economy.

...corporate elite...life experiences of some of the most endearing and challenging entrepreneurs imaginable. -- Management Alert, vol 2 no. 8, July 1999

The three spirits of leadership are: the entrepreneurs - the voice of passion, courage, generation and risk taking; the corporation - the voice of form and structure, of process and design; the community - the voice of purpose greater than self and working for a common goal. -- Melbourne Herald Sun, August 1999

Books about leadership usually come in two types: 1) Secrets of my Success - how-tos/biographies, and 2) analysis and research.

In the first category, writers like John Gray in How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have tell us there are four steps to personal success. In the second category we learn from researchers, like Dr James Sarros, that Transformational leadership refers to the intrinsic, personal style in visionary leaders.

Three Spirits of Leadership is nothing like the above. It is both subjective and objective, it is stories-based and written with a motive to provoke and to question even our sacred cows. -- The Leadership Letter, July 1999

In the late 90s, everyone in business is aware of a great need for small and large business alike to make decisions that reflect a caring for the community and its future - for altruistic and ethical reasons, if for no other.

Readers of this book will find that communities all across the world are displaying examples of exceptionally effective business management that could turn the business world on its ear -- Celebrating Difference: Newletter of the Australian Humanitarian Foundation, July 1999

This book gives powerful testimony to the right of every voice to emerge and be heard. It is a good read, with well-told real life stories that capture the imagination and enliven the spirit. -- Jennie George, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

Edition details

• Publisher: Business & Professional Pub
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1875680691
• ISBN 13: 9781875680696
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 217