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Geeks & geezers : how era, values, and defining moments shape leaders / Warren G. Bennis, Robert J. Thomas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c2002.Description: xxvii, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1578515823 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781578515820 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Geeks and geezers
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 303.3/4 21
LOC classification:
  • HD57.7 .B4578 2002
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Contents:
Leading and learning for a lifetime -- Geezers : the era of limits -- Geeks : the era of options -- Crucibles of leadership --- The alchemy of leadership -- A passion for the promises of life.
Review: "Our youngest leaders matured in the glow of computer screens; our oldest in the shadow of the Depression and World War II. In a groundbreaking study of these two disparate groups - affectionately labeled "geeks" and "geezers" - leadership experts Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas set out to find how era and values shape those who lead. What they discovered was something even more profound: the powerful process through which leaders of any era emerge." "Geeks and Geezers will forever change how we view leadership, but also how we reflect on our own formative experiences. Illustrated by compelling interviews with extraordinary individuals under thirty-five and over seventy years of age, the authors present a new model that predicts who is likely to become and remain a leader - and explains why others fail to rise to the challenge. At its heart are what the authors call "crucibles" - utterly transformational experiences from which one can emerge either hopelessly broken or powerfully emboldened to learn and to lead."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-208) and index.

Leading and learning for a lifetime -- Geezers : the era of limits -- Geeks : the era of options -- Crucibles of leadership --- The alchemy of leadership -- A passion for the promises of life.

"Our youngest leaders matured in the glow of computer screens; our oldest in the shadow of the Depression and World War II. In a groundbreaking study of these two disparate groups - affectionately labeled "geeks" and "geezers" - leadership experts Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas set out to find how era and values shape those who lead. What they discovered was something even more profound: the powerful process through which leaders of any era emerge." "Geeks and Geezers will forever change how we view leadership, but also how we reflect on our own formative experiences. Illustrated by compelling interviews with extraordinary individuals under thirty-five and over seventy years of age, the authors present a new model that predicts who is likely to become and remain a leader - and explains why others fail to rise to the challenge. At its heart are what the authors call "crucibles" - utterly transformational experiences from which one can emerge either hopelessly broken or powerfully emboldened to learn and to lead."--BOOK JACKET.

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