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Transforming leadership

Transforming Leadership examines how leaders evolve from ordinary "transactional" deal-makers into dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers.James MacGregor Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures--from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ideals of liberty and democracy. Along the way, he looks at key leaders who attempted to transform their worlds--Elizabeth I, Washington, Jefferson, Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gorbachev, and others. The book culminates in a plan to address the greatest global leadership challenge of the twenty-first century: the problem of global poverty.

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  • "[In this book, the author] illuminates the evolution of leadership structures, from the chieftainships of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment vision of liberty that came to full flower with the Declaration of Independence's "Pursuit of Happiness." Along the way he looks at key moments in leadership including both great triumphs and grand failures in men and women, from African leaders to Elizabeth I, James Madison, Napoleon, Mao, Gandhi, and many others. The book culminates in a bold and innovative plan to address the greatest global leadership challenge of the twenty-first century: the seemingly intractable problem of global poverty.-Dust jacket."
  • "Transforming Leadership examines how leaders evolve from ordinary "transactional" deal-makers into dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers.James MacGregor Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures--from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ideals of liberty and democracy. Along the way, he looks at key leaders who attempted to transform their worlds--Elizabeth I, Washington, Jefferson, Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gorbachev, and others. The book culminates in a plan to address the greatest global leadership challenge of the twenty-first century: the problem of global poverty."@en
  • "Focuses on the ways that leaders such as Ghandi, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Gorbachev emerged from being ordinary "transactional" deal makers to becoming dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers."@en
  • "Transforming Leadership focuses on the ways that leaders such as Ghandi, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Gorbachev emerged from being ordinary "transactional" deal makers to becoming dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers."@en
  • "Transforming leadership focuses on the ways that leaders emerge from being ordinary 'transactional' deal-makers to become dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers. Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures, from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ideals of liberty and democracy."
  • "Transforming leadership focuses on the ways that leaders emerge from being ordinary 'transactional' deal-makers to become dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers. Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures, from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ideals of liberty and democracy."@en
  • "Transforming Leadership examines how leaders evolve from ordinary "transactional" deal-makers into dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers. James MacGregor Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures--from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ideals of liberty and democracy. Along the way, he looks at key leaders who attempted to transform their worlds--Elizabeth I, Washington, Jefferson, Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gorbachev, and others. The book culminates in a plan to address the greatest global leadership challenge of the twenty-first century: the problem of global poverty."@en
  • "Transforming Leadership focuses on the ways that leaders such as Ghandi, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Gorbachev emerged from being ordinary ?transactional? deal makers to becoming dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers."@en

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  • "Transforming leadership a new pursuit of happiness"
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