Inside view : a leader's observations on leadership / Walter F. Ulmer, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ulmer, Walter F.

Series:

Report (Center for Creative Leadership) ; no. 176.

CCL ; no. 176

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Psychology, Applied.

Physical Description:

vii, 41 p.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Leader's observations on leadership

Place of Publication:

Greensboro, N.C. : Center for Creative Leadership, c1997.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

With thirty-seven years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a three-star general, and nine years as the president and CEO of the Center for Creative Leadership, Walter F. Ulmer, Jr., has a wealth of leadership experience. He is also an exceptionally thoughtful person committed to learning from his experience. This book, selected from columns that he wrote for CCL's periodical Issues & Observations and introduced by an adaptation of an essay written for the Kellogg Leadership Studies Project, and reminds us that there can be no true leadership without learning.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Foreword

Learning and Relearning

The Pitfall of Instant Gratification

A Few "Truths

A Shadow Definition

Bad Lessons

An Issue and an Observation

Assessment

Questions of Change

Comparing Military and Business Leaders

The Need to Build, as Well as Operate, Organizations

More Learning

Lessons from the Battlefield

Good and Bad Questions.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611001483

9781604917994

1604917997

9781281001481

1281001481

9781932973600

1932973605

OCLC:

232160319