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List of contents
Contents: Preface. The Popcorn Chronicles. Personality: An Organizing Role in How Leaders Succeed and Fail. Personality Fundamentals and the Big 5 Concept. Three Languages of Leadership. 2nd Language Challenges. Leadership Development Strategies. Learning to Lead: The Good News. 2nd Language Goal Setting. 3rd Language. Where We've Been and Where We're Going. Appendix.
About the author
Michael P. Quirk, Patricia M. Fandt
Summary
This short leadership book written by a mental health expert and managment professor will explain how the requirements of leadership relate to the Big 5 areas of personality.
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"There are three things that are really neat about this book. The first is that the authors firmly believe, with few exceptions, in the fundamental goodness of all humans. Furthermore, anyone can become a better leader....The second good thing about the book is the unique partnership of the authors--a psychotherapist and a management professor. The writing reflects both bodies of knowledge nicely. The third thing I like about the book is that the first author uses examples of himself."
—Personnel Psychology
"The 2nd Language of Leadership, authored by a clinical psychologist and management professor, gives new insight into the role of self in leadership. The well known Big 5 factors in Personality play an important role in one's leadership abilities. This important topic will be of interest to managers, students, and professionals."
—Bernard M. Bass, Ph.D.
Center for Leadership Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, New Y
"This is the first leadership book I've seen that relies entirely on the Big 5 personality approach. This is timely, particularly given recent evidence that suggests several of the Big 5 dimensions are linked to effective work performance."
—Ronald Riggio, Ph.D.
Claremont McKenna College, Kravis Leadership Institute
"This eminently readable book accomplishes a genuinely useful synthesis. The authors' thesis--that effective managers must be fluent in both their own personality dynamics and in the sociology of leadership--helps explain why so many well-meaning executives run into trouble. More importantly, the authors provide a thoroughly pragmatic guide to the often overlooked elements that spell the differences between good intentions and competent leadership."
—Philip Erdberg, PhD
Corte Madera, CA
