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Choosing leaders and choosing to lead : science, politics, and intuition in executive selection
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Choosing leaders and choosing to lead : science, politics, and intuition in executive selection

Author: Douglas Board
Publisher: Rarnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Gower Pub., 2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In Choosing Leaders and Choosing to Lead, Douglas Board argues that we often choose badly when selecting for positions in or near the board room in organisations large and small, public and private.  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Douglas Board
ISBN: 9781409436485 1409436489 9781409436492 1409436497
OCLC Number: 769141596
Description: xvii, 253 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Acknowledgements --
About the author --
From bad to good to stuck --
From bad --
... to good --
... to stuck --
What's different about senior roles? --
Complexity, humility and responsibility --
Power and politics --
A deeper crisis --
Re-thinking fundamentals --
Skill and intuition --
Games, skill and belonging --
Re-thinking science and leader selection --
So what --
The candidate's perspective --
The selector's and society's perspective --
Notes --
Field notes for candidates --
Field notes for selectors --
Academic notes --
Works cited.
Responsibility: Douglas Board.
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'If you think all the right people get appointed to the top jobs, you might want to skip this book. Otherwise read it. It asks how the advances in recruitment practice of the last 50 years can be Read more...

 
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