One of my favorite non-fiction book quotes is the last sentence of the book. Brilliant. I need to re-read this.

The single most important book on leadership for formal or informal leaders to read and reread. The same is true for followers. Every time I dip back in, I find it ever more relevant both to my own role and responsibilities and to the political scene.

This book explains the adaptive leadership theory using examples from the twentieth century. It also explains how one might lead in this style even if you do not have positional authority. Heifetz does a good job explaining what must happen if a leader wants to help her followers adapt to a new situation. He gives examples from history and he explains each step along the way. Even if one does not use all the parts of this leadership theory, there are good ideas for helping yourself and others adapt to situations that have no easy answers and/ or no known answers.

Try inter-library loan (New College of Florida, Sarasota, has it). Paul Lundberg suggested this to VP while visiting during Thanksgiving 2011.

I remember this book being powerful. :) I need to read it again. I remember observing leaders more closely...formally and informally.

A great breakdown of adaptive vs. technical vs. complex problems, and the leadership skills and perspective necessary to address adaptive challenges. Incredibly helpful for community building.

A definitive work on leadership, follower-ship, and the messages we send and expect to receive.

Good read and plenty of good pointers to take out of this read.

This book is different to other leadership books in that it talks about how people without formal authority can lead, unlike other books which often focus on people with authority.

I have seen some of the concepts in this book in other situations; e.g. the idea of an 'adaptive' problem, where both the problem and solution is not clear; and how the worst 'leaders' with authority are those who are only effective when faced with a routine problem that requires an routine answer and often lack the skills to be effective when inevitably faced with non-routine problems.

read this for school. Not bad for required reading. Would not recommend to the every day leisure reader

Great book on leadership skills, and how to look at different leadership examples throughout history. Highly suggest this book for anyone going into management or director roles in your career.

I really like his style and focus on change and leadership. Excellent book.

This book is one I have read three times. Leadership is complex and this book examines that complexity. Read more at:
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