The END of LEADERSHIP

• Main Author: Kellerman, Barbara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Harper Business 2012
• Subjects: Leadership
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• Physical Description: xxii, 233 pages 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0062069160; 9780062069160

The End of Leadership tells two tales. The first is about change-about how and why leadership and followership have changed over time, especially in the last forty years. As a result of cultural evolution and technological revolution, the balance of power between leaders and followers has shifted-with leaders becoming weaker and followers stronger. The second narrative is about the leadership industry itself. In this provocative and critical volume, Barbara Kellerman raises questions about leadership as both a scholarly pursuit and a set of practical skills: Does the industry do what it claims to do-grow leaders? Does the research justify the undertaking? Do we adequately measure the results of our efforts? Are leaders as all-important as we think they are? What about followers? Isn't teaching good followership as important now as teaching good leadership? Finally, Kellerman asks: Given the precipitous decline of leaders in the estimation of their followers, are there alternatives to the existing models-ways of teaching leadership that take into account the vicissitudes of the twenty-first century? The End of Leadership takes on all these questions and then some-making it necessary reading for business, political, and community leaders alike.