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On Mission and Leadership: A Leader to Leader Guide
On Mission and Leadership features the best thinking from top experts on inspired leadership, vision, and mission-focused management. Written in a concise style that is ideal for the busy executive with little spare time, the book presents a stellar roster of contributors. On Mission and Leadership is one title in the Leader to Leader Guides, which draw from the most compelling articles that have appeared in Leader to Leader, the Drucker Foundation's award-winning journal.
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160 pages, Hardcover
First published March 8, 2002
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January 5, 2015
Recommended to me by a colleague some years ago, this book collects essays and articles that were originally published in "Leader to Leader", a journal put out by the Drucker Foundation for Non-Profit Management. Each piece is written by a top leader from the private, public or social sector and deals with high-level leadership and management concepts such as leadership messaging, emotional intelligence, social advocacy, brand development and more.
As the title suggests, the unifying theme of this collection is mission and leadership; nonetheless the articles are quite varied and not all of them resonated with me equally. I found myself most moved by Dee Hock's piece on chaordic leadership, Henry Mintzberg's article on managing quietly and the interview with Anita Roddick on the social potential of businesses to do good. There are several other articles that are just a few steps behind these top few, including the ones by the always reliable William Pollard and Patrick Lencioni (a man to whose writing I am usually indifferent.) Several other essays left me nonplussed, but might speak to the right audience.
With so much diversity of both style and content, it's hard to evaluate a book like this. But given that it is short, easy to read and that at least half of the articles were really quite good, I recommend it to those who are in positions of leadership (or aspire to be). There are many nuggets of wisdom to be gleaned here. I would probably give this book three and a half stars if I could.
As the title suggests, the unifying theme of this collection is mission and leadership; nonetheless the articles are quite varied and not all of them resonated with me equally. I found myself most moved by Dee Hock's piece on chaordic leadership, Henry Mintzberg's article on managing quietly and the interview with Anita Roddick on the social potential of businesses to do good. There are several other articles that are just a few steps behind these top few, including the ones by the always reliable William Pollard and Patrick Lencioni (a man to whose writing I am usually indifferent.) Several other essays left me nonplussed, but might speak to the right audience.
With so much diversity of both style and content, it's hard to evaluate a book like this. But given that it is short, easy to read and that at least half of the articles were really quite good, I recommend it to those who are in positions of leadership (or aspire to be). There are many nuggets of wisdom to be gleaned here. I would probably give this book three and a half stars if I could.
January 13, 2015
The book was a quick read consisting of various essays that ranged in interest for me. Honestly, the biggest downside was how outdated much of the material is. If you embrace it as an historical reflection on business leadership, you will not be disappointed.
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