Apples Are Square: Thinking Differently About Leadership (Kaplan Publishing)
Learn firsthand what makes 25 of America's most respected leaders - including Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist; Charles Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity; Carol Bernick, Chairman of the Board and Director of Alberto Culver; and Dipak Jain, dean of Northwestern University's Kellogg School - effective in their lives and work.
In Apples Are Square, the insights of these visionary leaders, and many others, are distilled into a new model for leadership guided by six uncommon qualities - humility, compassion, transparency, inclusiveness, collaboration, and values-based decisiveness. Discover how the step-by-step "Peopleship" formula can help you manage an organization and make profits without leaving your humanity at the office door. Take your bruised work environment, cut off the bad spots, and reshape it into a dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative organization today.