Overview
In this brief and timely audiobook, best-selling authors and experts in their field look at what conspires against a culture of candor in organizations for disastrous results and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy honesty and openness. In three separate essays the authors explore the lightening rod concept of transparency which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector. The audiobook starts with a preface by Warren Bennis, followed by three essays: The New Transparency Speaking Truth to Power Creating a Culture of Candor
Full Product Details
Author: Warren Bennis ,
Synnestvedt, Erik ,
Warren G Bennis ,
Daniel Goleman
Publisher: Gildan Media Corporation
Imprint: Gildan Media Corporation
ISBN: 9798200565979
Publication Date: 14 May 2008
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""After watching so many American presidents derailed by a culture of secrecy--Richard Nixon and George W. Bush are only the most recent--one might imagine that transparency would become the watchword of leaders everywhere. Alas, it has not: witness Enron and subprime mortgages. Here in these pages, with arguments that are enormously compelling, Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, and James O'Toole urge leaders of every stripe to create 'a culture of candor' around them. Please give this book to anyone heading toward the front office, especially if it is oval."" -- ""David Gergen, author of Eyewitness to Power"" ""In this vital new book, Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, and Jim O'Toole have teamed up to address the vital question of our times, whether organizations have the courage to be open, honest, and most of all, transparent. They give deep insights into why transparency is essential to long-term business success. It is a mustread for anyone who wants to build an authentic organization."" -- ""Bill George, author of True North, and Authentic Leadership"" ""Would not be out of place in the executive reading room."" -- ""Edge"""
Author Information
Warren Bennis is known around the world as the preeminent expert on the subject of leadership. He is University Professor of Business Administration and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California and serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's Kennedy School. His bestselling books Leaders and On Becoming a Leader have been translated into 21 languages. The Financial Times recently named Leaders one of the top 50 business books of all time. He has served on four Presidential Advisory Boards and has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies, including GE, Ford, and Starbucks. Actor Erik Synnestvedt has recorded close to two hundred audiobooks for the Library of Congress Talking Books for the Blind program, as well as for trade publishers. Some of Synnestvedt's audiobooks include Twitter Power by Joel Comm, The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak, and A Game as Old as Empire, edited by Steven Hiatt. Warren G. Bennis (1925-2014) was an internationally recognized scholar of organizational behavior, having written or edited many books and articles on leadership, motivation, and change in large-scale, complex organizations. His works include Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership. Coming soon... James O'Toole was chairman of the task force that created Work in America. He is Research Professor in the Center for Effective Organizations at USC. Formerly Executive VP of the Aspen Institute, he has published thirteen books and over seventy articles. He lives in San Francisco and Malibu. Coming soon... A veteran stage performer and audiobook narrator, Jonathan Marosz has regional and national stage credits ranging from works by Shakespeare to modern day.
