A failure of nerve : leadership in the age of the quick fix

Friedman, Edwin H.

A failure of nerve : leadership in the age of the quick fix - New York : Seabury Books, 2007. - xi, 260 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the problem with leadership -- Imaginative gridlock and the spirit of adventure -- A society in regression -- Data junkyards and data junkies : the fallacy of expertise -- Survival in a hostile environment : the fallacy of empathy -- Autocracy versus integrity : the fallacies of self -- Take five -- Emotional triangles -- Crisis and sabotage : the keys to the kingdom -- Epilogue: the presence of the past.

9781596270428 (pbk.)

2006033685


Leadership.

BF637.L4 / F75 2007