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The
Leaders Companion – Insights on Leadership Through the Ages
The
Free Press,
Edited by J. Thomas Wren
ISBN 0-02-874005-X
Books on leadership
now abound in bookstores and in our popular consciousness. Anyone who begins a
serious study into this subject will soon come across familiar names such as
John Gardner, James MacGregor Burns, Robert
Greenleaf, Bernard Bass, Kenneth Blanchard, Terrence Deal, Warren Bennis, Max De Pree and others.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if one book contained some of the most insightful
writings and thoughts of these individuals? The Leaders Companion – Insights
on Leadership Through the Ages is such a book and should
be on every leader’s bookshelf!
This massive work is edited by J.
Thomas Wren and he undertakes a difficult task. Wren constructs the book with
three basic premises. First, that leadership is not just a modern “fad”, but is
“central to the human condition”. Leadership as a concept is both current and
timeless. The second premise of the book is that leadership is not just the
province of a select few, but is available to all. Thirdly, and perhaps the
most important premise is that leadership is a valuable area of study,
especially the process of leadership. Wren hopes the reader will appreciate the
“real end of leadership: the achievement of mutual goals which are intended to
enhance one’s group, organization or society.”
To initiate these premises the book
approaches leadership from a broad perspective. Wren draws upon a broad range
of classical writers, leadership scholars, and the wisdom of modern leaders.
The book is divided into thirteen parts that guide the reader through the
complex structure we commonly call leadership.
Wren acknowledges that understanding this process lies at the heart of
improving our lives, surroundings, and world.
This book is an outstanding collection of various leadership
perspectives and models. He has opened up the study of leadership through the
ages and from a worldview of different cultures. The Leaders
Companion – Insights on Leadership Through the Ages is great reading and should be part of
your own leadership library!
weLEAD rating highly recommended
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