The contrarian's guide to leadership / Steven B. Sample ; foreword by Warren Bennis.

In this offbeat approach to leadership, college president Steven B. Sample-the man who turned the University of Southern California into one of the most respected and highly rated universities in the country-challenges many conventional teachings on the subject. Here, Sample outlines an iconoclastic...

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Main Author: Sample, Steven B., 1940-2016.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2003.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Series:Warren Bennis signature series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Thinking gray, and free
  • Artful listening
  • Experts : saviors and charlatans
  • You are what you read
  • Decisions, decisions
  • Give the devil his due
  • Know which hill you're willing to die on
  • Work for those who work for you
  • Follow the leader
  • Being president versus doing president
  • The University of Southern California : a case study in contrarian leadership.