The Wizard and the Warrior: Leading with Passion and Power

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John Wiley & Sons, Mar 8, 2011 - Business & Economics - 256 pages
The Wizard and the Warrior gives leaders the insight and courage they need to take risks on behalf of values they cherish and the people they guide. Great leaders must act both as wizard, calling on imagination, creativity, meaning, and magic, and as warrior, mobilizing strength, courage, and willingness to fight as necessary to fulfill their mission. Best-selling authors Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal present the defining moments and experiences of exemplary leaders such as Carly Fiorina, Thomas Keller (head chef of French Laundry), David Neeleman (CEO of Jet Blue), Mary Kay Ash, Warren Buffet, Anne Mulcahy, and Abraham Lincoln3⁄4all of whom have wrested with their own inner warrior and wizard. These engaging, realistic case studies are followed by commentaries that will raise questions and suggest possibilities without rushing to resolution or simple answers.

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Leading with Passion and Power Part II Warrior Roles
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Leading with Passion and Power Part III The Warrior Path
55
Leading with Passion and Power Part IV Wizard Roles
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Leading with Passion and Power Part V Wizards at Work
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Leading with Passion and Power Part VI The Leaders Journey
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Leading with Passion and Power NOTES
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Leading with Passion and Power ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Leading with Passion and Power THE AUTHORS
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Leading with Passion and Power INDEX
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About the author (2011)

Lee G. Bolman holds the Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Terrence E. Deal retired as the Irving R. Melbo Clinical Professor of the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education. He now writes and makes wine in San Luis Obispo, California.
Bolman and Deal are the coauthors of the best-selling books Reframing Organizations (now in its third edition) and Leading with Soul (now in its second edition), both from Jossey-Bass.

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