Book description
The Leader of the Future 2
follows in the footsteps of the international bestseller The Leader
of the Future,
which has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and is one of
the most widely distributed edited collections on leadership to
date.
In twenty-seven inspiring and insightful essays, this book
celebrates the wisdom of some of the most recognized thought leaders
of our day who share their unique vision of leadership for the future.
Returning Contributors: Ken Blanchard with Dennis Carey,
Stephen Covey, Marshall Goldsmith, Charles Handy, Sally Helgesen,
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner, Richard Leider,
Ed Schein, Peter Senge, and Dave Ulrich with Norm Smallwood.
New Contributors: John Alexander, Darlyne Bailey, Howard
Gardner with Lynn Barendsen, Usman Ghani, Ronald Heifetz, Joe
Maciariello, Jan Masaoka, John Mroz, Brian O'Connell, Jeff Pfeffer,
Ponchitta Pierce, Srikumar Rao, General Eric Shinseki, R. Roosevelt
Thomas, Noel Tichy with Chris DeRose, and Tom Tierney.
"Hesselbein and Marshall Goldsmith, one of the USA's top
executive coaches, edited the collection The Leader of the Future 2.
Its 27 eloquent essays provide a kind of hopeful, idealistic best-case
scenario for future leaders of non-profits and businesses. This is
not a cookie-cutter, how-to approach. The job of the essayists is to
provide food for thought and goals. The high quality of writing here
should inspire anyone who has aspirations for leadership."
-Bruce Rosenstein, USA Today
Frances Hesselbein is the founding president and
chairman of the Leader to Leader Institute, formerly the Peter F.
Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management. She served as CEO of the
Girl Scouts of the USA and was awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom. She is the author of Hesselbein on Leadership,
coeditor of twenty other books including Be, Know, Do, and the
editor-in-chief of the journal Leader to Leader.
Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized for his outstanding work
in leadership and management by the American Management Association,
Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes,
and The Economist. In addition to The Leader of the Future
2, Goldsmith is the author or coeditor of twenty-two books,
including the upcoming What Got You Here Won't Get You There.
The Leader to Leader Institute's mission is to strengthen the
leadership of the social sector. Established in 1990 as the Peter F.
Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, the Institute, in
collaboration with its partners in the private and public sectors,
furthers its mission by providing social sector leaders with the
essential leadership wisdom, inspiration, and resources needed to lead
for innovation and to build vibrant social nonprofit organizations.
