The power of giving power away : how the best leaders learn to let go
Barzun, Matthew Winthrop, 1970-2021
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How do great leaders thrive in uncertain times? By changing their mindsets about power. Why do some organisations grow and thrive with complexity, while others collapse under their own weight? The answer is simple, but transformative: When power is hoarded and lorded over others, it is finite. But when leaders allow power to flow among groups, it can grow indefinitely. While many have realised the limits of top-down hierarchy, 'bottom-up' leadership is just as bad. It's the same shape in reverse. And who wants to be at the bottom? Barzun describes leaders whose organisations take a new shape. They are self-perpetuating and self-energising; they function as Constellations - dynamic, flexible, and renewable networks of distinct yet interwoven nodes.
Main title:
The power of giving power away : how the best leaders learn to let go / Matthew Barzun.
Author:
Barzun, Matthew Winthrop, 1970-, author
Imprint:
London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008471699 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1198046
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