The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages

This book serves as a guided introduction to the richly diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world.Each of the selections, introduced by the editor, presents enlightening thoughts on a different aspect of leadership. Writings by Plato, Aristotle, Lao-tzu and others demonstrate that the challenges of leadership are as old as civilization. Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Ghandi, and W.E.B. Du Bois provide a wide range of insights into the eternal practice and problems of leadership. Modern masters of leadership such as James MacGregor Burns, John Kotter, and Warren Bennis join such leading practitioners as Max De Pree and Roger B. Smith in discussing contemporary issues in leadership theory and practice.

Author: J. Thomas Wren
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 08/01/1995
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.20w x 1.38d
ISBN13: 9780028740911
ISBN10: 0028740912
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Leadership
- Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship
- Business & Economics | Management | General

About the Author
J. Thomas Wren teaches at the University of Richmond's Jepson School of Leadership Studies. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.