{"product_id":"9780062383143_leadership-bs","title":"Leadership BS","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest business book of the week from Inc.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of Power, Stanford business school professor, and a leading management thinker offers a hard-hitting dissection of the leadership industry and ways to make workplaces and careers work better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe leadership enterprise is enormous, with billions of dollars, thousands of books, and hundreds of thousands of blogs and talks focused on improving leaders. But what we see worldwide is employee disengagement, high levels of leader turnover and career derailment, and failed leadership development efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Leadership BS, Jeffrey Pfeffer shines a bright light on the leadership industry, showing why it’s failing and how it might be remade. He sets the record straight on the oft-made prescriptions for leaders to be honest, authentic, and modest, tell the truth, build trust, and take care of others. By calling BS on so many of the stories and myths of leadership, he gives people a more scientific look at the evidence and better information to guide their careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in social science, and will practical examples and advice for improving management, Leadership BS encourages readers to accept the truth and then use facts to change themselves and the world for the better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unflinching look at business reality reveals:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Leadership Industry Failure:\u003c\/b\u003e Why billions of dollars spent on books, talks, and training have failed to improve employee engagement or prevent career derailment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Social Science Approach:\u003c\/b\u003e Pfeffer dismantles feel-good stories and popular leadership myths, replacing them with a more scientific look at the evidence of what actually works.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Truth About “Good” Leadership:\u003c\/b\u003e An unflinching analysis of why common prescriptions—be modest, be authentic, be truthful—often lead to failure in the real world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNavigating Organizational Reality:\u003c\/b\u003e Practical advice and clear-eyed strategies for guiding your career based on facts, not fables, and understanding the political dynamics of organizational life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jeffrey Pfeffer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46922424549525,"sku":"9780062383143","price":15.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062383143_5e562991-ab80-4820-8a1e-842f5484b462.jpg?v=1776889916","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062383143_leadership-bs","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}