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The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability is a leadership book written by Roger Connors, Tom Smith, and Craig Hickman. [1] [2] It was first published in 1994. The book, which borrows its title from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, discusses accountability and results. [3]
Osborne was the chief author of the September 1993 report generated by the National Performance Review, which laid out the Clinton Administration's reinvention agenda. Time magazine called it "the most readable federal document in memory." [30] In 2000, Osborne served as an advisor to Al Gore's presidential campaign. [31] [32]
Smith is co-founder of Partners In Leadership and is a New York Times bestselling author. [2] [3] He and his business partner, Roger Connors, [4] have authored books on workplace accountability. Smith has conducted workshops and consulting engagements throughout the globe as he is recognized as an expert on the topic of workplace accountability.
On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century is a 2024 book by Tony Blair.His first book since 2010, it focuses on his advice for political leaders - based on his experiences as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2007.
Osborn was born in Boston, on August 5, 1945. [1] His father, John Jay Sr., was a doctor at Stanford University School of Medicine; his mother was Anne (née Kidder).He was a descendant of both John Jay, [1] [2] a Founding Father and the first Chief Justice of the United States, and of railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt.
In reviewing the older leadership theories, Scouller highlighted certain limitations in relation to the development of a leader's skill and effectiveness: [3] Trait theory: As Stogdill (1948) [4] and Buchanan & Huczynski (1997) had previously pointed out, this approach has failed to develop a universally agreed list of leadership qualities and "successful leaders seem to defy classification ...
The Intangibles of Leadership uncovers patterns in the attributes that truly distinguish those who succeed at the top. After more than a decade of senior executive assessments, CEO interviews, and proprietary research, Davis found that extraordinary leaders possess certain characteristics that fall between the lines of existing leadership models, and are fundamental to executive success.
Distributed leadership is a conceptual and analytical approach to understanding how the work of leadership takes place among the people and in context of a complex organization. Though developed and primarily used in education research, it has since been applied to other domains, including business and even tourism. [ 1 ]