8 Posts found for Author: Warren G. Bennis

Warren Bennis discusses the importance of mentors.

Content: Article | Author: Warren G. Bennis | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Career

Most of a leader’s important calls reside in one of three domains: people, strategy, or crisis. People judgments—getting the right people on your team and developing up-and-comers who themselves demonstrate good judgment—are foundational. The people around you help you make good strategy judgment calls and the best decisions during the occasional but inevitable crisis. It’s sometimes possible to repair the damage—to a company or a … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Noel M. Tichy, Warren G. Bennis | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Judgement, Leadership

Handy, a British specialist in organizational management, predicts that the 21st century will be the Age of Unreason. In an era when changes in business and society will be “discontinuous” or patternless, he suggests that our thinking must become discontinuous or “unreasonable” in order to use such changes to our advantage. While his thesis is generally in line with strategists like Tom Peters ( In … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Charles Handy, Warren G. Bennis | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Trends / Analysis

For years, Warren Bennis has written about leadership in works such as Learning to Lead, Beyond Leadership, and the bestselling On Becoming a Leader. His aim in these well-received titles was to catalog the traits and styles of leadership that help individuals excel in their work. In his new book (and already another bestseller) Organizing Genius, Bennis declares the age of the empowered individual ended: … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Patricia Ward Biederman, Warren G. Bennis | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Successful leaders young and old share numerous qualities, say Bennis and Thomas. The authors, who bring considerable experience to the table (Bennis has written over 30 books on leadership and Thomas is a senior fellow with Accenture’s Institute for Strategic Change), interviewed more than 40 leaders who they deem either “geeks” (aged 21-34) or “geezers” (aged 70-82) to evaluate the effect of era on values … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Robert J. Thomas, Warren G. Bennis | Subject: Leadership

Adversity brings out the best in real leaders, say Warren G. Bennis, an HBS professor, and Robert J. Thomas. In this e-mail interview and excerpt from their new book, Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders, they explain how that works.

Content: Article | Authors: Robert J. Thomas, Warren G. Bennis | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Leadership

Content: Book | Authors: Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Thomas Cummins, Warren G. Bennis | Subject: Leadership

Content: Book | Author: Warren G. Bennis | Subject: Leadership