Managing People is Like Herding Cats

Warren Bennis

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Cats, of course, won't be herded. And the most successful organizations in the 21st century won't be managed—they'll be led! The answer to America's current leadership crisis is leaders (not managers) who recognize that "the only capital that really counts is human capital." And whether readers are looking for a leader or looking to be a better one, Warren Bennis knows what it takes. Herding Cats spells out the dilemma facing our leaderless society, details the qualities that successful leaders must have, and explores the challenges that today's leaders must face as they move toward change. The 21st century will require leaders who can inspire and orchestrate change rather than impose or simply react to it.

Warren Bennis has called Managing People is Like Herding Cats his last and best word on leadership. Herding Cats spells out the dilemma facing our leaderless society, details the qualities that successful leaders must have, and explores the challenges that today's leaders must face as they move toward change. Along the way Bennis challenges our complacency and asks some serious Questions:

• What is the difference between a leader and a manager?
• Can leaders be made? If so, how?
• What are the qualities and personality traits of effective leaders?

Reviews

This marvelous book is filled with wit and wisdom, born of Bennis's rich personal experience, astute observations, and four decades of teaching and research.

—Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Herding Cats is the best of Warren Bennis, who is the best when we want to hear the authoritative and evocative voice on leadership. Cats goes into my leadership book bag.

—Frances Hesselbein, President of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation

Warren Bennis is Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California. Bennis has served on the faculties of MIT's Sloan School of Management, Harvard Business School, and Boston University. He served for seven years as president of the University of Cincinnati, where he coined the metaphor for the title of this book. He has been observing and writing about leadership for more than four decades and is the best-selling author of over 25 books, including Leaders, On Becoming a Leader, and An Invented Life, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

	Preface: Cats and Rats
	Introduction: An Invented Life
Section One:	The Leadership Crisis
1	The Leadership Crisis
2	Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
3	Long Slide from True Leadership
4	The Leader as Hero
5	Untapped Human Capital
6	Quitting on Principle
7	Leadership Pornography and Optional Ethics
Section Two:	What Makes a Leader?
8	Mr. Wright Is Wrong
9	Leadership for Tomorrow
10	Developing Leaders
11	Four Competencies of Great Leaders
12	Ten Traits of Dynamic Leaders
13	Creative Leadership
14	Leaders Invent Themselves
15	Leading Followers, Following Leaders
16	Perils of Accord, Advantages of Access
17	Leading for Results
18	Learning to Lead
19	How Leaders Learn
20	Critical Thinking
Section Three:	Leading Change
21	Change: The New Metaphysics
22	Introducing Change
23	Change Agents
24	Too Many Chiefs
25	From CEO to CTO
26	COPs and ACEs
27	Shakes and Quakes
28	Dealing with the Way Things Are
29	Winning and Losing
30	A New Wake-Up Call
	Epilogue: Reflections on Retirement
	Index

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