Risktaker, caretaker, surgeon, undertaker : the four faces of strategic leadership

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Risktaker, caretaker, surgeon, undertaker : the four faces of strategic leadership

William E. Rothschild

J. Wiley, c1993

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The author uses his 30 years' experience as a corporate strategist for General Electric to outline the varying management styles required for different management situations, depending on the age of the company. He provides a framework to determine what company leaders must do at certain times.

Table of Contents

  • Managing by Slogan Is Not Leadership
  • Leaders Are Not All the Same
  • A Leader for All Seasons: Is This Possible?
  • Risktakers: The Product Is the Passion
  • Caretakers: Evolutionaries Ensuring the Future
  • Surgeons and Undertakers: Rethinking Priorities and Viability
  • Solving the Insoluble: Leading the Possible Dream
  • Solving the Client's Problems: The Consultative Leader
  • Risktaker Sellers
  • Caretaker Marketers
  • System/Network Risktakers
  • Production Leaders: The Difference Is How It Is Made
  • Leadership Lessons of the 1980s
  • Problems and Trends of the 1990s: Challenges and Opportunities for Strategic Leadership
  • Leaders for All Seasons
  • Notes
  • Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA19955035
  • ISBN
    • 0471536296
  • LCCN
    92031531
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 314 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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