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

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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.

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.

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!

I read the book the first time some years back and I didn't get it. Then I read it a second time recently in preparation for a leadership development program (this month - Jan 09 to be precise). It blew my mind.

Not only have the Sashkins given us a solid theoretical base on leadership (minus the 'academic fog'), they did us another favor by suggesting practical applications at individual level and the organizational level. The authors are scholars and researchers, but reading the book made me feel as if I was having a cup of coffee and engaging in deep conversation with 2 friends. I gained some profound insights.

Peng Soon

In a world of quick fix leadership books touting the latest fad du jour, the Sashkin's have provided a series of leadership lessons that work. Unlike other fad books they have grounded this approach in both theory and thorough research. More important, they have done this in a direct, easy to understand style and structure that lends itself to action. If you want to
know the current leadership fads so you can hold your own at a cocktail party, this book is not for you. If you want to lead in a dynamic environment and build a culture that thrives on change, this is the book for you.

Dr. Brad Lafferty
Synergy Inc. Washington DC

This book does a marvelous job of surveying the existing landscape of scholarly writing on leadership; then it brings a new clarity to the topic. It seems we have suffered for years with authors promoting a single aspect of leadership -- either traits, or behaviors, or situation/context. The Sashkins show how the combination of the three aspects more fully describes meaningful leadership. Finally a book that isn't about managing, but actually about meaningful leadership. Probably the best one out there today.

This book is great! Feedback from my Advanced Leadership Studies graduate students at the Johns Hopkins University was unanimous. The mostly MBA students felt it was easy to read and understand, without a lot of jargon. The text presents a sound research base, yet many students described it as a good "how-to" book that includes clear methods for putting leadership concepts into practice in the workplace. Students gained helpful strategies for becoming and helping others become transformational leaders.

This book was a great resource if you want a text that details the types of leaders, qualities and leadership models. I would not have purchased this book if were not a required textbook. However, there is a wealth of information with just about everything you need to know about business leadership. It's a good read but not an easy one.

This book provides a useful look into leadership theory primarily as it relates to transformational leadership. A key responsibility of any leader looking to improve their career longevity is to understand how to embrace change management as a key success metric. In my book Leadership Matters...The CEO Survival Manual: WHAT IT TAKES TO REACH THE C-SUITE AND STAY THERE I spend a great deal of time addressing leadership as it relates to change, innovation and performance. I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to anyone interested in deepening their understanding of leading change.

The book was delivered timely and in good shape. The service and price were great.

Thank you and I am a very satisfied customer.