Leadership: Essential Selections on Power, Authority and Influence

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Today’s leaders commonly seek practical information to develop specific management skills. Something, however, is left behind in such training: these leaders do not master the contextual history of leadership over the centuries. Barbara Kellerman’s anthology of historical writings fills that gap and gives potential leaders access to the world’s greatest leadership philosophies.On Great Leadership is the essential leadership reader. By including some forty selections, from Lao Tzu to Lenin, from Freud to Friedan, and from Carson to Kramer, the book provides all those who have more than a passing interest in leadership with texts that are timeless. Each selection is accompanied by substantial editorial commentary, and each will meet the test of greatness: 1) every selection in On Great Leadership is of contemporary significance; 2) every selection is inexhaustible--it can be read over and over again with benefit; and 3) every selection has already stood the test of time.The book is divided into three parts, each of which is preceded by an introduction. Part I consists of writings about leadership. Part II consists of writings as leadership. And Part III consists of words written or spoken by leaders, who at the time had power, authority, or influence.Each selection includes a new essay and analysis by Barbara Kellerman explaining the relevancy for today's leadersThis classic-in-the-making will appeal to business leaders, students, and lifelong learners alike--anyone interested in leadership that stands the test of time.

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Barbara Kellerman, Ph.D., is the James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. She has served as both founding executive director and research director for the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership.Table of ContentsPART I: CONTEMPLATING LEADERSHIPChapter 1. Lao TzuChapter 2. ConfuciusChapter 3. PlatoChapter 4. PlutarchChapter 5. MachiavelliChapter 6. HobbesChapter 7. LockeChapter 8. Carlyle, Spencer, James, and TolstoyChapter 9. WeberChapter 10.FreudChapter 11. Follett, Barnard, and DruckerChapter 12. BurnsChapter 13. Milgram and ArendtPART II: EXERCISING LEADERSHIPChapter 14. WollstonecraftChapter 15. PaineChapter 16. Marx and EngelsChapter 17. StantonChapter 18. StoweChapter 19. Lenin Chapter 20. DuBoisChapter 21. HitlerChapter 22. AlinskyChapter 23. Fanon or FriereChapter 24. CarsonChapter 25. FriedanChapter 26. KramerChapter 27. SingerPART III: LEADERSChapter 28. Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)Chapter 29. Hamilton and MadisonChapter 30. LincolnChapter 31. MaoChapter 32. GandhiChapter 33. F. D. RooseveltChapter 34. ChurchillChapter 35. KingChapter 36. J. F. KennedyChapter 37. MandelaChapter 38. Havel