The Leader Within

Howard Haas, Bob Tamarkin

If ever there was a time for real business leadership to step forward, it's now, contends Howard Haas. In The Leader Within Haas deftly replaces jargon with meaningful language and substitutes wisdom for list making. In the process he defines leadership for a new generation and shows how corporate chiefs can progress beyond management ranks to gain the trust and commitment needed to truly lead their organizations. In the not-too-distant past, American business schools. Caused at least part of the leadership void by giving students the tools of business without the training to become leaders. The result was MBAs with tunnel vision focused on short-term profits, to the ultimate detriment of the company's long-term value. Now, at long last, business schools are beginning to understand the importance of teaching leadership - by bringing in corporate practitioners who have been in the...

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