The radical leap : a personal lesson in extreme leadership

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Title:

The radical leap : a personal lesson in extreme leadership

Author:

Farber, Steve.

ISBN:

9780793185689

Personal Author:

Farber, Steve.

Publication Information:

Chicago : Dearborn Trade Pub., c2004.

Physical Description:

viii, 183 p. ; 20 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Tuesday -- Wednesday -- Thursday -- Friday -- Saturday -- Sunday -- Monday -- Later on.

Abstract:

"Get set for a radical new approach to leadership. Steve Farber, former vice president of The Tom Peters Company, introduces you to a tale of how today's leaders can renew their excitement for what they do and encourage others to lead with passion." "Farber's modern parable begins on a sunny California beach where he has a strange and unexpected encounter with a surfer named Edg. Despite his unassuming appearance, the enigmatic Edg seems to know an awful lot about leadership, and this brief interaction propels Steve into a journey that he soon won't forget. Along the way, he learns about Extreme Leadership - and what it means to take the Radical LEAP: cultivate Love, generate Energy, inspire Audacity, and provide Proof."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Leadership.

Organizational change.

Organizational effectiveness.

Management.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2003020322-d.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip049/2003020322.html

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Summary

The business world is ready for an entirely new approach to leadership, and Steve Farber has written the perfect book to energize business leaders and help them make the leap into extreme leadership. In his exciting and innovative new business parable, The Radical Leap, Farber explores an entirely new leadership model, one in which leaders aren't afraid to take risks, make mistakes in front of employees, or actively solicit employee feedback. His book dispenses with the typical, tired notions of what it means to be a leader. Farber has written a business parable that reads like a novel, filled with vivid, fully realized, and eccentric characters, crazy plot twists, honest and believable conversations about leadership, and most important, an innovative program for leaders to inspire and engage their companies. In The Radical Leap, we meet Steve, a leadership consultant who is intrigued and challenged by an enigmatic man named Edg, from whom he learns the concept of LEAP. Steve is asked to help a friend, Janice, overcome a leadership conflict with her new boss at the biotech company where she works. In his effort to locate the charismatic former CEO of the company, Steve is led on a