Focusing on the complexities of modern business, this textbook prepares students for leadership roles by exploring the interplay of strategy, organizational design, and leadership. It emphasizes an integrated approach rather than a functional one, highlighting how decisions affect overall company performance. Authored by esteemed Harvard educators, the second edition includes updated digital resources to enhance learning and measure success, equipping students with skills for a dynamic and competitive job market.
Reveals the secrets behind the success of the last century's greatest American
business leaders. This book shows that a key to success was 'contextual
intelligence'. It features a New Leadership Theory and is based on a Harvard
Business School Leadership Initiative Study of 1,000 great CEOs and Founders
of American companies from 1900-1999.
In business -- or in any endeavor -- ambition is the spirit of onward and upward, of striving for something worth achieving. It is the driving force behind all great experiments and risk-takings, triumphs and failures. For authors Jim Champy and Nitin Nohria, it is also the instinctive quality that makes the difference between mere management and leadership. Drawing from original interviews with contemporary figures from many walks of life -- including business, politics, science, and the arts -- Champy and Nohria take readers on a journey of discovery, pinpointing the defining moments, or turning points, in the evolution of leaders, as they wrestle with critical decisions and ethical dilemmas. In the process, they reveal some underlying truths about leadership, such as the ability to hold onto a dream and make it come true, know when it's time to change the business or see it die, and recognize when it's time to hand over the reins. Representing fundamentally new thinking from two of today's greatest business minds, <i>The Arc of Ambition</i> is certain to challenge and enlighten aspiring leaders everywhere.
