false 5434998 1 <I>Managing Leadership</I> is an essential guide to understanding what organizational leadership really is and how to harness it to the service of today's organizations.</p><P>Author Jim Stroup brings to the topic of organizational leadership over 30 years of experience as a student of and participant in leadership in military, civilian, and governmental organizations around the world. In a compellingly drawn argument, Stroup provides a clear and actionable solution to the leadership crisis facing the owners, directors, and managers of contemporary organizations.</p><p>Learn why today's concept of individual leadership has to be scrapped:<br>¿¿ It places on "leaders" untenable burdens that irresistibly lead to isolation, loss of direction-and disloyalty.<br>¿¿ It represents the surrender of our organizations, their owners and stakeholders to the "leaders" and their "vision".<br>¿¿ Managers must regain control of today's organizations in all fields.</p><P>Discover how to:<br>¿¿ Properly understand what leadership in an organization really is.<br>¿¿ Manage leadership as a resource like any other in the organization.<br>¿¿ Guide today's organizations out of the individual leadership crisis and into the intelligent management of leadership.</p><P><I>Managing Leadership</I> will show owners and managers how to take back control of their organizations and direct them with effective, no-nonsense managerial integrity.</p> 5502584 27 4 2004 Managing Leadership: Toward a New and Usable Understanding of What Leadership Really is-and How to Manage it 0 0 1 0 0 0 false false Thu Nov 20 10:54:11 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 10:54:17 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5434998