REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP

REAPING THE WHIRLWIND 237 Richard Branson, the charismatic chairman of Virgin (see Chapter 11), an empire best known for its hig ...

238 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP organizational, cultural, and leadership steps have to be taken to manage creatively ...

REAPING THE WHIRLWIND 239 diverse groups may take longer to arrive at decisions, but there is a greater likelihood that these de ...

240 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP Leadership Factors The third variable that can stimulate creativity in organizations ...

REAPING THE WHIRLWIND 241 attitudes should be interpreted as danger signs. Nothing will kill creativ- ity as much as negativity. ...

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LEADERSHIP IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT PART IV ...

INTRODUCTION The ways in which people from different national and cultural back- grounds differ are so numerous, and frequently ...

INTRODUCTION 245 together — and as companies ’ reach becomes increasingly global, we have to mold and develop leaders who can de ...

246 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP From my childhood, when I fi rst fell in love with its literature, I have always bee ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEADER WITHIN THE GLOBAL CORPORATION Many business leaders today view their jobs as entailing responsibil ...

248 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP global leadership thrive? And, fi nally, what can be said about career - path manage ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEADER 249 Although when describing his company, Jean Riboud did not explicitly talk about the making of ...

250 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP amount of autonomy as long as there are results. The head offi ce takes a more ‘ han ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEADER 251 Their strategy focuses on global integration and national responsiveness. Their country units ...

252 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP What can be said about career path management in these geocentric, global organizati ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEADER 253 opportunities for promotion. Given the advances in communication systems (the internet), extre ...

254 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP happens particularly in cases where people are sent to oversee the setting up of a p ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEADER 255 The nature of our relationships during childhood with signifi cant others (i.e. parents, sibli ...

256 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP recognize major themes. They have to be masters in sense - making, in bringing order ...