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Title: The Organization of the Future 2: Visions, Strategies, and Insights on Managing in a New Era

Competencies: visionary leadership, entrepreneurial leadership, financial leadership, driving strategic direction, managing change

Who benefits: leaders at all levels of an organization, students of organizations, organizational consultants

Consultant Usage: important book to stay current in the field of organizational development/leadership development

What’s it about? It’s been a while since I had looked at the Jossey-Bass website.  I have purchased more than 20 different books from them over the years and have never been disappointed.  They have some of the best authors and academics in the fields of leadership, managing, change management, organizational development, personal growth and probably several areas that have slipped my mind.  (Don’t confuse this book with a book with a similar title published in 1996 – same series, new articles and some new authors.)

Imagine my delight to see a new book with nearly all of my favorite authors as contributors.  And at a reasonable price.  (I have used the Amazon link to save you money!) 

The book title is a good summary of what is covered.  Unfortunately there isn’t much other information available on the websites except a listing of the 26 chapters and their authors.  I have ordered the book but I don’t want to wait to share this find with you, so I will just list some of the better known authors and the title of their chapters.  Hope that will suffice. 

• The Leader’s Mandate: Create a Shared Sense of Destiny, James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
• Leadership Judgment: The Essence of a Good Leader, Noel M. Tichy & Christopher DeRose
• The Leader as Subculture Manager, Edgar H. Schein (Edgar Shines again!)
• Designing Organizations That Are Built to Change, Edward E. Lawler III & Christopher G. Worley
• Outsmart Your Rivals by Seeing What Others Don’t, Jim Champy
• Multidimensional, Multinational Organizations of the Future, Jay R. Galbraith
• Free to Choose: How American Managers Can Create Globally Competitive Workplaces, James O’Toole
• Reframing Ethics, Spirit, and Soul, Lee G. Bolman &Terrence E. Deal

Well, those are just a few of the gems waiting to be read.  Oh, and did I mention that Marshall Goldsmith is one of the editors.  Wow, can’t wait for my copy to arrive!!! 

Catch you later. 
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Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.