Sweet dreams and nightmares learning from good and bad leaders / [electronic resource] :
Adrian Furnham.
- London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2010.
- 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (47 min.) : color, sound).
- Leadership development Managing and leading people : rethinking people and organization .
- Henry Stewart talks. Marketing & management collection. Leadership development Henry Stewart talks. Marketing & management collection. Managing and leading people .
Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.
Contents: Six issues in leadership issues -- History of psychological thinking about leadership -- Leadership roles -- Themes in leadership literature -- Problems with trait work -- Characteristics of successful leaders -- Five dimensions of personality -- The talented leader -- The behavioural approach -- Transactional vs. transformational leadership -- REG theory -- Growing leadership capability -- Managerial courage -- The Icarus syndrome -- The moral -- Why do high flyers fall? -- Selection -- Flawed personalities -- Graduates of business units -- Derailment patterns of high potentials -- Competencies and their dark sides -- Solution.
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