View from the top : an inside look at how people in power see and shape the world / / D. Michael Lindsay with M.G. Hager

• Autore: Lindsay D. Michael (David Michael), <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages)
• Disciplina: 658.4012
• Soggetto topico: Leadership - Psychological aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): HagerM. G.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Act Personally, But Think Institutionally: Develop Your Network Beyond Your Organization; Mentor Relationships; Institutions; Connections; Cohesion and Tension; Fractures; ACT Personally, but Think Institutionally; Chapter 2 Leadership Begins at 20: Beyond Bootstraps and Boarding School; The Path to the Top; Overcoming Disadvantage; Being on the Outside; Unequal Resources; Family Challenges; Early Influences; Self-Made Leaders; College and Beyond: Continuing the Liberal Arts Life; Institutional Loyalty; Making the Most of Youth ; Chapter 3 More Breadth, Less Depth: Catalyzing Your Leadership Leadership Catalysts; Programs; The White House Fellowship; Significant Work; Broadening Education; A Diverse Cohort of Peers; Public Recognition; From Microscope to Telescope; Cultural and Social Capital: The Golden Web; Chapter 4 The Essence of Leadership: Driving Productivity, People, and Culture; Leadership and Power; Productivity; No Typical Day; Saving Time and Managing Meetings; Time to Think; Managing and Motivating; Staying Connected to the Ladder; Developing a Shared Vision; Building a Thriving Culture ; Institutional Reconnaissance Chapter 5 Strength in the Crucible of Crisis; Surviving Frustrations and Futility; Leader Knows Best; The Crucible Refines; The Emergency Phase; The Adaptive Phase; Making Decisions in the Crucible; Chapter 6 Lead with Your Life: Because It's Much More than a Job; The Toll it Takes; Taxing the Personal Life; Family Matters; The Privileged Lifestyle: ""There's Something Wrong here""; They Love to Work; Chapter 7 Lead for Good: Motivations and Outcomes; Motivations; The Ethic of Responsibility; Ethic of Conviction; Combining Conviction and Responsibility ; Mechanisms of Influence Philanthropy; Clout; Organizations for the Common Good; View from the Top; A Strategic Investment for Global Impact; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix; Acknowledgments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Learn leadership from the best-proven insights from the power elite in business, government, and beyond View from the Top brings readers inside the corridors of power and relates the personal stories and powerful findings from the Platinum Study, a groundbreaking study of 550 elite American CEO's, senior government leaders, and nonprofit executives based on ten years of research. The largest study of its kind, the Platinum Study delves into the domains of the elite with stories that illustrate both the use and misuse of power across the landscape of prominent American institution
• Titolo autorizzato: View from the top
• ISBN: 1-118-90115-0; 1-118-90139-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792159303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II