Most organizations struggle with the question of leadership. How do you identify leaders in the making? How do you train them, taking into account their unique strengths and weaknesses? This collection of articles examines the ways in which managers and executives develop as leaders, and then helps readers apply successful tactics in real-life settings. Using innovative as well as time-honored approaches, Harvard Business Review on Developing Leaders guides readers through the challenges of leadership development.
Warren Bennis is Professor and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California, the author of twenty-seven books on leadership and change, and a Pulitzer nominee.
Robert J. Thomas is an Associate Partner and Senior Fellow with the Accenture Institute for Strategic Change and award-winning author of What Machines Can’t Do.
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