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Psychological Perspectives on Leadership
Chatman, Jennifer A.; Kennedy, Jessica A.Book Chapter HBS-6126BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chapter presents a psychological perspective on leadership, with an emphasis on the capabilities required for successful leadership in organizations and at the group level. The authors suggest three critical capabilities for organizational leadership that are distinct from the commonly cited personality or intelligence dimensions: the leader's diagnostic abilities, behavioral flexibility, and unambiguous signaling of intentions. At the team ...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership and History
Friedman, Walter A.Book Chapter HBS-6141BC-ELeadership and People ManagementHistorians have written a lot about business leaders, especially successful ones. In fact, rags-to-riches stories have come to embody the philosophy of America itself, yet the term "business leadership" was rarely used until the early twentieth century. This chapter looks at historians who have studied the functional role of leadership and have aligned it with the early twentieth-century economist Joseph Schumpeter's definition of entrepreneurshi...Starting at €8.20