Dimensions
152 x 229 x 24mm
Jeffrey Pfeffer, the author of Power and one of the great minds in management theory calls B.S. on the leadership industry and offers a way forward The leadership industry is a huge business, on which multiple billions of dollars are spent annually, with lofty aims of encouraging authenticity, transparency, and benevolence. But not only is it not working, things are getting worse.
We see it every day-widespread and worldwide employee disengagement, dissatisfaction, and distrust, increasing rates of leader turnover and total career derailment. Even leaders themselves believe there is a leadership crisis. In Leadership B.S.., Jeffrey Pfeffer pulls back the curtain on the industry, showing how it really works, why it's failing, and how it can be remade.
He gets real about the issues of trust, honesty, authenticity and modesty, among other subjects. He captures the myths that have been created and shows in very pointed ways their destructive power.
By calling B.S. on so much of what goes on, this book gives people a closer, more scientific look at many dimensions of leadership behavior. Rooted in social science, and with practical, actionable advice for moving forward, Leadership B.S.encourages readers to finally stop accepting sugar-laced but toxic potions as cures and to rethink, re-conceptualize, and reorient their behaviors around the important topic of leadership.
