Book description
This book includes contributions from top scholars who outline the best
leadership practices for the benefit of the practicing leader. Each
chapter focuses on a specific area of leadership practice and ends with
a set of "take away" best practices in each area-an executive
summary in reverse-that will serve as a quick reference for those who
might want to peruse chapters, but still extract the best practices, as
well as a summary for those who thoroughly read each chapter.
"Jay Alden Conger and Ronald Riggio have brought together a
galaxy of sophisticated yet practical experts on leadership, stressing
both the complexity and indispensability of both transactional and
transforming leadership, with the blessing of the pioneering student
of leadership, Bernie Bass."
-James MacGregor Burns,
professor emeritus, Willams College, and Pulitzer Prize winner
Jay A. Conger holds the Kravis Research Chair in
Leadership Studies at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of
twelve books, and he researches executive leadership, organizational
change, boards of directors, executive derailment, and leadership
development. BusinessWeek described him as the best professor to teach
leadership to executives.
Ronald E. Riggio is Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and
Organizational Psychology, and Director of the Kravis Leadership
Institute at Claremont McKenna College. Riggio is the author or editor
of over a dozen books and nearly 100 articles and book chapters.
