TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mukunda, Gautam.
TI  - Indispensable 
SN  - 9 781 422 186 701
U1  - 658.4092 MUK 
PB  - Harvard Publications
N1  - Alpha
N2  - he New York Times "In his new book, Indispensable, Gautam Mukunda, of Harvard Business School, uses Lincoln to examine one of the liveliest debates in modern management--whether insiders or outsiders make better bosses." -- The Economist "These insights should now be of considerable help to the future development of aspiring executives and those who coach them, and to those responsible for selecting a CEO most suited to mastering a looming challenge." -- Strategy and Leadership "Gautam Mukunda, with his book Indispensable and its cornerstone leader filtration theory (LFT), provides a significant new contribution to, first, organization studies in general and, second, leadership theory in particular." -- Organization Studies, SAGE journals "Associations seeking a CEO will benefit from Mukunda's leadership research and examples, as well as his six guidelines for increasing the chances of a successful hire...Mukunda's conclusions are likely to inspire rich dialogue among board members and CEOs." -- Associations Now Magazine (asae: The Center for Association Leadership) "In reviewing the life of some of the greatest leaders in history, Gautam Mukunda offers us a vision of leadership that is fascinating and original." -- Business Digest (France) ADVANCE PRAISE for Indispensable: Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; author, The Better Angels of Our Nature and How the Mind Works-- "Indispensable is indispensable--an eye-opening analysis of how we should evaluate leaders in our politics and our organizations, and a set of gripping narratives about some of the most fascinating people who have ever lived." Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize--winning author and presidential historian-- "Indispensable provides a masterly, absorbing, and exceptionally original approach to the age-old study of leadership." Clayton M. Christensen, bestselling author, The Innovator's Dilemma-- "I have studied innovation and change from many dimensions. Somehow, however, I had simply assumed that the right leader can be selected to effect the changes required. Indispensable has taught me that I was woefully naive.
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