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Leaders on Leadership: Interviews with Top Executives
Leaders on Leadership Interviews with Top Executives Author:Harvard Business School Press Theorists argue about whether the characteristics of effective leadership can be identified, codified, and taught. Meanwhile, work remains to be done. In many companies and organizations in the United States and abroad, leaders are meeting challenges and achieving tangible results. They set agendas for change and innovation, gain commitment, and... more » ensure that real work is done. They aren't getting results by issuing paper calls to action from the corporate suite, but are rolling up their sleeves and doing the hands-on work that needs to be done-wherever it needs to be done. This collection brings together Harvard Business Review interviews with prominent business leaders-Jack Welch of General Electric, John Reed of Citicorp, Raymond Smith of Bell Atlantic, Robert Haas of Levi Strauss, and others. The visions, concerns, and instincts they reveal illuminate both the range of abilities that contribute to leadership in different industries and the constants that work regardless of industry, company size, or available resources.« less