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Explores the all-important link between leadership and lust, look at leaders with ravenous hungers and limitless passions.
A propos de l'auteur
Barbara Kellerman is James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, USA, and Founding Executive Director of the school's Center for Public Leadership. She is the winner of the International Leadership Association Lifetime Achievement Award and has authored or edited many books and articles on leadership and followership.Todd L. Pittinsky is Professor at Stony Brook University (SUNY), USA, and Faculty Director of its College of Leadership and Service. He is also Associate Faculty Fellow of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College, USA. Previously, he served on the faculties of the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Résumé
Academic research on the psychology of leadership is presented in jargon-free language to highlight the traits, behaviours, and motivations of leaders who lust. This book outlines what lust is: how, where, and when it is manifested in leaders particularly, and what lessons can be learned by leaders and followers alike.
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'Is a never-ending desire for gratification a neglected leadership trait? Is lust a critical factor in explaining exceptional leadership? Making this provocative argument through a series of gripping biographical sketches, this book offers a host of refreshingly iconoclastic and original insights for scholars and practitioners alike.' Christopher Pietroni, Professor of Leadership Practice, University of Birmingham
