The leaders we need : and what makes us follow /
Michael Maccoby.
- Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2007.
- xix, 249 p. ; 24 cm.
- Leadership for the common good .
- Leadership for the common good. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Leadership in a new context -- Revising leadership thinking -- Why we follow : the power of transference -- From bureaucratic followers to interactive collaborators -- Understanding people in the knowledge workplace -- Leaders for knowledge work -- Leaders for healthcare -- Leaders for learning -- The president we need -- Becoming a leader we need.
Explores the social and cultural factors that effect how and why people are draw to certain leaders.