A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix

Friedman, Edwin H./ Treadwell, Margaret M. (Editor)/ Beal, Edward W. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 159627042X / ISBN 13: 9781596270428

Published by Seabury Books, 2007

260 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 159627042X

Synopsis:

Ten years after his death, Edwin Friedman's insights into leadership are more urgently needed than ever. He was the first to tell us that all organizations have personalities, like families, and to apply the insights of family therapy to churches and synagogues, rectors and rabbis, politicians and teachers.

Failure of Nerve is essential reading for all leaders, be they parents or presidents, corporate executives or educators, religious superiors or coaches, healers or generals, managers or clergy. Friedman's insights about our regressed, seatbelt society, oriented toward safety rather than adventure, help explain the sabotage that leaders constantly face today.

Suspicious of the quick fixes and instant solutions that sweep through our culture only to give way to the next fad, he argues for strength and self-differentiation as the marks of true leadership. His formula for success is more maturity, not more data; stamina, not technique; and personal responsibility, not empathy.

This book was unfinished at the time of Friedman's death, and originally published in a limited edition. This new edition makes his life-changing insights and challenges available to a new generation of readers.

Synopsis: Suitable for all leaders, be they parents or presidents, corporate executives or educators, religious superiors or coaches, healers or generals, managers or clergy.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of...
Publisher: Seabury Books
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New