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UNINA9910820624803321 |
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Autore |
Gordon J. C (John C.), <1939-> |
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Titolo |
Environmental leadership equals essential leadership : redefining who leads and how / / John C. Gordon and Joyce K. Berry ; with a foreword by Norman L. Christensen, Jr |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-73118-8 |
9786611731182 |
0-300-13297-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental responsibility - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States |
Conservation leadership - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States |
Leadership - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-156) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Becoming an essential leader -- Leaders see today's world -- Essential leadership attributes -- Solving environmental problems : long times and complexity -- Solving environmental problems : emotion, values, integration, and focus -- From old leadership to essential leadership -- Installing essential leadership in your life and organization -- Lessons from popular leadership books -- Essential leadership now and in the future. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The important new approach to leadership that John Gordon and Joyce Berry explain in this book is built upon the experiences of environmental and natural resource organizations as they contend with complex, long-term problems. But the lessons learned apply beyond these groups--to all modern organizations, for-profit and non-profit, that are dealing with the complicated conditions of the twenty-first century.Leadership is a learned skill and can be acquired by anyone willing to make the effort, say the authors. And, through case studies of a variety of organizations, they emphasize that all members of productive groups must be ready to take the lead when their specific |
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