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December 21, 2007
B. Joseph White, PhD'75
The Nature of Leadership: Reptiles, Mammals, and the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader, AMACOM, 2006
The book: This book explores the varying characteristics of leaders and what combination has the potential for greatness. The author provides examples of leaders ranging from tough-minded Lou Gerstner at IBM to compassionate leaders like Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines and Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America. White also describes other prerequisites for truly great leadership, including a passion to develop talented people and the ability to innovate and create change.
The author: B. Joseph White is president of the University of Illinois. He was previously interim President of the University of Michigan and dean of its top-ranked business school for 10 years. He has been a business executive and served as director or trustee of numerous large companies and several healthcare organizations.
Posted by tobiaslw at December 21, 2007 03:04 PM