Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations

Abraham Zaleznik

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In this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Abraham Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either 'hedgehogs,' who view leadership as a single-minded track driven by unwavering rules, or 'foxes,' who assess and re-evaluate their goals and strategies based on ever-changing factors in business, politics, and culture. Covering dynamic personalities from Dwight Eisenhower to Martin Luther King, Jr., Zaleznik draws illuminating conclusions about psycho-politics and negotiations of power and command, celebrating innovative problem-solving skills.

Abraham Zaleznik is Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, Harvard Business School. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, 1996, and the McKinsey award for best article in the Harvard Business Review.

	Introduction
	Part I: The Optimists
1	The Propensity for Risk: Eisenhower in the Military and the Presidency
2	A Disengaged President: Ronald Reagan and his Lieutenants
3	The Psychology of Healthy Mindedness
	Part II: The Narcissists
4	To Be Singleminded: Admiral Hyman G. Rickover and the Nuclear Navy
5	A Mission in Life: Florence Nightingale and Medical Reform
6	Ego Psychology and Bureaucracy
	Part III: The Generalists
7	The Education of Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, 1961-68
8	From Monomania to Megalomania: Harold Geneen and ITT
9	The Operational Code of the Manager
	Part IV: The Empowerers
10	Martin Luther King, Jr. and Militant Nonviolence: A Psychoanalytic Study
11	Franz Fanon: Purgation Through Violence
12	The Psychodynamics of Empowerment
	Part V: The Humanists
13	Joseph Conrad: Sharing the Secret of Command
14	Hermann Melville's "Billy Budd": A Study of Character
15	Identity, Imagination, and Command
	Conclusion
	A Dialogue on Psycho-Politics and Command

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