Leadership Divided

by Ron A. Carucci

Book Overview

How senior leaders can re-connect to the emerging leaders hidden in their organizations

A sea change has taken place throughout the culture of leadership; today's emerging leaders are "opting out" of the same positions their predecessors coveted in years past. But many senior managers trained in traditional leadership still hang onto outdated approaches of command and control despite how much they've heard about "empowerment" and inclusion. At...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787985899
• ISBN13: 9780787985899
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A perfect read

I enjoyed all aspects of this book. For me it was the perfect read. The way the author drew you into the facts and the storyline was interesting and a real page turner. I highly recomed this book to everyone.

great

this book is great for leaders looking for emerging leaders, it analyzes the key aspects of todays leader subordinate relationship, and how it is changing and evolving. Despite the authors optimism it provides great insight al nymc

The Time is Now!

Ever have the gut need to just be inspired? To read material, especially on an over-serviced subject like leadership, and want to exclaim with conviction, "YES!" Leadership Divided is the book that will take you there. As an emerging leader in a major government organization, I spend many days wondering about my future and the leadership career that will unfold for me. I hear over and over that there is a "shortfall" of leaders for the future, and as such, my development is essential for the sustainability of my organization. Yet my experience doesn't match that belief. What I have found is that there is definitely a crisis, but its not one of shortfall. (Diane at Harvard Business review who wrote the review above clearly never cracked open her copy of the book - had she, she would have known the quote she references was from the TV show "The Office." She completely missed the point! That's the kind of integrity shortage that makes us emerging leaders so cynical about leadership!). The crisis is one of relationship. Page after page, I was able to locate myself in the words and stories of Leadership Divided. I am being "developed" as a fast-tracked leader, and find myself fighting not to roll my eyes at some of the empty platitudes being put forth as leadership. In the wake of such leadership trash, I have finally come across a book that rises above the noise and says something of great substance. Don't miss this one!

Finally a book on Leadership that can make a difference!

Working for a large monopolistic organization, you tend to experience the worst management has to offer. I found this ground-breaking book revelatory in explaining why traditional approaches to leadership have failed. More importantly, Carucci powerfully and poignantly offers an alternative that can work. Too often, those of us in the management ranks of organizations, daily grinding out ways to "make it work," are invited to cynicism through the callous and insensitive behaviors of leaders who believe in the rightness of their actions. I would strongly urge anyone tasked with the development of leaders in their organizations to make Leadership Divided the centerpiece of their theory and practice. Through the exploration of six relational patterns, Carucci blends the practical and profound in both hard-hitting research and a gripping novelette. The story is compelling as it captivates you with believable scenarios and characters you come to love and resent. Leadership Divided is truly a "must-read" for anyone claiming to be serious about their own leadership development.

The Only Way Forward

A brief confession: there was a time when I was hopelessly addicted to leadership books. I knew that I wanted to be an agent of great change and subsequently I knew that becoming a great leader was the necessary foundation for catalyzing great change. So, like many of you, I began to devour everything I could get my hands on in regards to becoming a transformational leader. While there are nuggets of wisdom in most texts, I soon became disillusioned with how neat and tidy principles became soiled and muddy in the real world. I wanted more. And frankly, I didn't think I would find it from anyone over 35. Perhaps this desire for more is a dominant characteristic of my "emerging" generation. In reading "Leadership Divided" I was overjoyed to find a book which had the courage to dive into the immense complexities of leadership, especially the complexities that are created through a generational divide that I feel so keenly. I have been waiting for this book for a long time. As an emerging leader this book has spurned me to extend my hand into the divide in hopes of incredible change. It is a relationship I now I believe I cannot live without, it really is the only way forward. My increasing desire is that incumbent leaders are able to extend their hands in the same way that Ron Carucci has extended his.