Leading change : overcoming the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom

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    • O'Toole, James

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Leading change : overcoming the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom

James O'Toole

(The Jossey-Bass management series)

Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1995

1st ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-272) and index

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In Leading Change, James O'Toole argues that outdated Machiavellian dictates of situational leadership are ultimately ineffective--and demonstrates instead that successful leadership is rooted in high moral purpose and consistent respect for followers.

Table of Contents

Christ Comes to Brussels: An Introduction to Values-Based Leadership. LEADERS LEADING CHANGE. The Rushmoreans: An Indelible Lesson in Values-Based Leadership. The Corporate Rushmoreans: How to Lead Change Effectively and Morally. The Realists and the Fallacy of Tough Leadership. Why Amoral Leadership Doesn't Work. Leaders of Leaders: Why Values-Based Leadership Is an Unnatural Act. Why Democratic Leadership Is Not an Oxymoron. FOLLOWERS RESISTING CHANGE. Change Resisted: Thirty-Two Hypotheses Why. Drucker Unheeded: Two Potent Sources of Resistance to Change. Deming Ignored: Premature Articulation or Flawed Leadership? Owen Unrecognized: The Early Promise of the New Management. Owen Rejected: Valid Reasons or Rationalization? Mill Interpreted: The Despotism of Custom. The Ideology of Comfort: A "Good Enough" Explanation of Resistance to Change.

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