Book description
Building the Bridge As You Walk On It
tells the personal stories of people who have embraced deep change and
inspired author Robert Quinn to take his concept one step further and
develop a new model of leadership-“the fundamental state of leadership.”
The exploration of this transformative state is at the very heart of the
book. Quinn shows how anyone can enter the fundamental state of
leadership by engaging in the eight practices that center on the theme
of ever-increasing integrity-reflective action, authentic engagement,
appreciative inquiry, grounded vision, adaptive confidence, detached
interdependence, responsible freedom, and tough love. After each
chapter, Quinn challenges you to assess yourself with respect to each
practice and to formulate a strategy for personal growth. Robert E.
Quinn is the author of Deep Change and Change the World, both from
Jossey-Bass. Quinn helps business and government leaders understand and
manage organizational life through his teaching, consulting, books, and
numerous published articles. He holds the Margaret Elliott Tracy
Collegiate Professorship of Business Administration and is Professor of
Organi-zational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the Graduate
School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
