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Leading Quietly
Joseph Badaracco
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Description for Leading Quietly
Hardcover. Presents eight counterintuitive guidelines for confronting situations in which right and wrong seem like moving targets. This book shows how "non-heroes" succeed by managing their political capital, buying themselves time, bending the rules, and more. It also shows how patient, everyday efforts can add up to a better company and a better world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Most of us think of leaders as courageous risk takers, orchestrators of major events. In a word: heroes. Although such figures are inspiring, Joseph Badaracco argues that their larger-than-life accomplishments are not what makes the world work. What does, he says, is the sum of millions of small yet consequential decisions that individuals working far from the limelight make every day. Badaracco calls them "quiet leaders"--people who choose responsible, behind-the-scenes action over public heroism to resolve tough leadership challenges. Quiet leaders don't fit the stereotype of the bold and gutsy leader, and they don't want to. What they want is ... Read more
Most of us think of leaders as courageous risk takers, orchestrators of major events. In a word: heroes. Although such figures are inspiring, Joseph Badaracco argues that their larger-than-life accomplishments are not what makes the world work. What does, he says, is the sum of millions of small yet consequential decisions that individuals working far from the limelight make every day. Badaracco calls them "quiet leaders"--people who choose responsible, behind-the-scenes action over public heroism to resolve tough leadership challenges. Quiet leaders don't fit the stereotype of the bold and gutsy leader, and they don't want to. What they want is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard Business School Publishing United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781578514878
SKU
V9781578514878
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About Joseph Badaracco
Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. is a Professor at Harvard Business School, the Chair of the M.B.A. Elective Curriculum, and the author of Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose between Right and Right (ISBN 0875848036, HBS Press, 1997).
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