The Taboos of Leadership.The Taboos of Leadership Anthony F. Smith Jossey-Bass, Inc. 989 Market Street, 5th floor, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA 94103-1741 978-0-7879-9582-9, $24.95 www.josseybass.com 1-800-225-5945 "The Taboos Of Leadership: The 10 Secrets No One Will Tell Your About Leaders And What They Really Think" by Anthony F. Smith (co-founder and managing director of the Leadership Research Institute--one of the nation's leading management consulting firms List of Management Consulting Firms 1. McKinsey & Company 2. Marakon Associates 3. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 4. A.T. Kearney 5. Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) 6. Monitor Group 7. Bain & Company 8. Roland Berger specializing in leadership development and assessment) identifies three principle areas of leadership skills and behaviors that are not usually open to discussion. These are 'taboos' of persuasion PERSUASION. The act of influencing by expostulation or request. While the persuasion is confined within those limits which leave the mind free, it may be used to induce another to make his will, or even to make it in his own favor; but if such persuasion should so far operate on the mind , position, person and range from the double standards of leaders, leadership by charisma An earlier presentation graphics program for Windows from Micrografx that included a comprehensive media manager for managing large libraries of image, sound and video clips. , the political aspects of leadership, the leadership qualities of women, the existence of favoritism and nepotism nep·o·tism n. Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business. [French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from nepote, nephew, from Latin with respect to leadership, manipulation by leadership, and the role of credibility in establishing and maintaining leadership. Articulate, informative, superbly organized and presented, "The Taboos Of Leadership" is very strongly recommended reading for anyone holding or being considered for a leadership role in an organization, agency, or business whether in the private or the public sector. |
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