The Truth About Leadership, James M. Kouzes
The Truth About Leadership, James M. Kouzes
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The Truth About Leadership
The No-Fads, To the Heart-Of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know

Author: James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

Narrator: Don Hagen

Unabridged: 4 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/11/2010


Synopsis

In these turbulent times when the very foundations of organizations and societies are being shaken, leaders need to move beyond the pessimistic predictions, the trendy fads, and the simplistic solutions. They need to turn to what’s real and what’s proven, to understand what the evidence tells us about how exemplary leaders get extraordinary things done. This is the imperative that bestselling, award-winning authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner have undertaken in their engaging, personal, and bold new audio book, The Truth About Leadership.

Based on thirty years of research—and more than one million responses to Kouzes and Posner’s leadership assessment—this all-new work explores the fundamental, enduring truths of leadership that hold constant regardless of context or circumstance. In ten time-tested truths, Kouzes and Posner reveal what all leaders must know, the questions they must be prepared to answer, and the real-world issues they will likely face.

For nearly three decades, Kouzes and Posner’s The Leadership Challenge has helped people discover and develop their leadership potential. The Truth About Leadership will show emerging leaders the heart of leadership and what they need to know to be effective; fans of The Leadership Challenge will find a dynamic new look at what it means to lead today. This is a book leaders can use to do their real and necessary work—bringing about the essential changes that will renew organizations and communities.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Austin

There are some great takeaways from this book. The chapters are somewhat superfluous though—you can read the intro and the final paragraph of each chapter and probably get the same information.......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

This if one of the best leadership books I've ever read (and I've read a lot!) Kouzes and Posner spell out what they call "the no-fads, heart-of-the-matter facts you need to know" about leadership, and I think they get it right! The Ten Truths are... 1. You make a difference 2. Credibility is the founda......more

Goodreads review by Jillian

I thought the results of the study would have become the focal point of the entire book, but the book became very repetitive quoted basically anyone they possibly could have. Decent read if you’re new to leadership but nothing special.......more