Leadership That Matters: The Critical Factors for Making a Difference in People's Lives and Organizations' Success [Paperback]

Marshall Sashkin (Author), Molly G Sashkin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1576751937 | ISBN-13: 978-1576751930 | Publication Date: February 1, 2003 | Edition: 1

Leadership That Matters promotes leadership that not only improves productivity and performance but also makes a positive difference in the lives of organization members. "Transformational leadership" is based on three personal characteristics, as well as on the organization's culture. The authors discuss how to develop the required characteristics and construct an appropriate culture to bring about desired changes.

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About the Author

Marshall Sashkin is professor of human resource development at The George Washington University, where he teaches graduate courses in the area of management and organization development, leadership, consulting skills, and research design and methods. Molly G. Sashkin has been an educational advisor for the U.S. Navy, counseling individuals and administering academic programs, and has worked as a test development specialist and psychometrician for the U.S. Army Engineers, constructing and validating job qualification tests.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576751937
• ISBN-13: 978-1576751930
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It does make a difference..., May 16, 2003

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O. Ekmekci (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leadership That Matters: The Critical Factors for Making a Difference in People's Lives and Organizations' Success (Paperback)

This book presents an excellent synthesis of the major theories that have defined the framework within which leadership is currently explored and practiced. Furthermore, it offers a clear and well defined stream of logic that will provide readers the opportunity to identify and implement some changes in their lives that could make a difference in the way they lead and follow. The crisp and concise presentation, the smooth flow, and the nice balance of theory and practice embedded within its content makes this book a valuable resource for students, researchers, consultants, and managers alike - as well as anyone else who would like to enhance and broaden their views on leaders and leadership.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best out right now, June 14, 2006

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This review is from: Leadership That Matters: The Critical Factors for Making a Difference in People's Lives and Organizations' Success (Paperback)

I am a doctoral student organizational leadership and have thus read many books on leadership as well as current academic literature, so I know the difference between a fadish popular leadership book and one that is well grounded and sound. This is the latter. Yet, it is still very accesible to non-academics. I assigned this book for an undergraduate class on leadership and the students absolutely loved it. The authors have not broken any new theoretical ground with this book. Sashkin and Sashkin are great synthesizers; they have taken the best of current transformational leadership theory and have combined it into a workable and cohesive approach to leadership that is grounded in the current leadership literature and is easy to read (not an easy task). This book only slightly works as an overview of leadership studies in general. They leave out in depth discussions of too many other current important leadership ideas. Instead they focus primarily on the transformational leadership approaches, and support it well with many theoretical strands. For a comprehensive and more systemative overview of leadership theory, try Peter Northouse: "Leadership Theory and Practice" or Gary Yukl: "Organizational Leadership." For a good one-stop approach and synthesis of TL, get this. While not groundbreaking, it is practical and useful for leaders and thus I recommend it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best leadership book in years!, April 22, 2003

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This review is from: Leadership That Matters: The Critical Factors for Making a Difference in People's Lives and Organizations' Success (Paperback)

This is a fabulous book that examines all the theories of leadership over the past 100 years and identifies those valid aspects of leadership that truly work. Extensive research is intermingled with interesting stories to present leadership traits and behaviors that generate organizational success. This is the best management book of the 21st century!