Indispensable advice for business professionals--from history's wisest leaders A highly regarded scholar of leadership and the qualities shared by outstanding leaders, Barbara Kellerman provides expert analysis of the works of history's greatest authorities on leadership--theorists and practitioners[...]

Leadership has never played a more prominent role in our national discourse, and yet our opinions of American leaders are at all-time lows. Private sector leaders are widely seen as greedy to the point of being corrupt, public sector leaders are viewed as incompetent to the point of being inept; and[...]

Provides a view of followers in relation to their leaders, departing from the leader-centric approach that dominates our thinking about leadership and management. This book argues that over time, followers have played vital roles.[...]