On Effective Leadership: Across Domains, Cultures, and Eras

Using case studies from a wide range of fields and historical settings, On Effective Leadership seeks to explain why some leaders are effective, why many are not, and why only a very few are exceptional.

Author: G. Chandler
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/16/2013
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781137300690

About the Author
Author G. Donald Chandler III: G. Donald Chandler, III, is a visiting professor in the Leadership Studies Program at Williams College, where he has been teaching and conducting research since 2004. He is also a director emeritus of McKinsey & Company, Inc., an international management consulting firm, where he spent twenty-five years counseling clients in the worlds of business, health care, higher education, and the arts. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1978. Author John W. Chandler: John W. Chandler, a retired leader in higher education, served as president of Williams College, Hamilton College, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Among the many institutions and organizations on whose boards he served was Duke University, where he was board chair. He received a Ph.D. from Duke in philosophical theology and was later Cluett Professor of Religion and Dean of the Faculty at Williams. He continues to be active in research relating to leadership.