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The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership
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The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership Paperback - 2003

by Steven B. Sample

In this offbeat approach to leadership, college president Sample--the man who turned the University of Southern California into one of the most respected universities in the country--challenges many conventional teachings on the subject.

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Steven Sample ist President der University of Southern California, die krzlich vom Time Magazine zum besten College Amerikas gekrt wurde. Sample genie t den Ruf eines gefrchteten und abtrnnigen Freidenkers. Darber hinaus ist er - einzigartig fr einen Mann in seiner Position - Inhaber einer Vielzahl von Patenten, auf deren Basis etwa ber 200 Millionen Haushaltsgerte hergestellt wurden. In seinem Buch "The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership" bringt er seine Einstellungen und Erfahrungen ein zum Thema konventionelle Fhrungsansichten, indem er Fhrungskrfte (und jene, die es noch werden wollen) dazu auffordert, sich auf einige wichtige, der Intuition zuwiderlaufende berzeugungen zu konzentrieren. Seine einfache und bisweilen provokante Denkweise reicht bis hin zu einigen sehr komplexen und gut durchdachten Fhrungsthemen und gipfelt in so ungewhnlichen Ratschlgen fr Fhrungskrfte, wie z.B. Entscheidungen sollte man immer hinausschieben, man sollte so wenig wie mglich lesen und man sollte bei seinen Prinzipien Kompromissbereitschaft zeigen. In der Fachwelt wird Samples revolutionrer Fhrungsstil zwar heftig kritisiert, doch seine Erfolge sprechen fr sich. "The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership" - Hier lernen Sie, wie auch kontrre Ansichten zum gewnschten Erfolg fhren.

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Contrarian leaders think differently from the people around them.

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In this provocative new book, Steven Sample, one of the nation's most highly regarded university presidents, explodes many romanticized views of leadership and demonstrates how leaders can free themselves from the shackles of conventional wisdom.

  • Never make a decision today that can reasonably be put off to tomorrow.
  • Don't form opinions if you don't have to. Think gray.
  • Shoot your own horse. Don't force others to do your dirty work.
  • The best leaders don't keep up with the popular media and the trades.
  • Machiavelli can help make you a more moral leader.
  • Know what hill you are willing to die on-and keep its exact location to yourself.
  • Know the all important difference between being leader and doing leader.
  • You can't copy your way to the top.

"This is an intoxicating read, a bushwacker's delight. With swift, sure strokes, Steve Sample cuts down a lot of bad ideas about leadership and opens up a new path for the next generation to follow. No wonder he has turned around not one but two major universities."
--David Gergen, noted commentator, bestselling author, and adviser to four United States Presidents

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  • Title The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership
  • Author Steven B. Sample
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Date April 2, 2003
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780787967079 / 0787967076
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.16 x 5.98 x 0.62 in (23.27 x 15.19 x 1.57 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001003576
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.34

About the author

Steven B. Sample--an electrical engineer, musician, outdoorsman, professor, and inventor-is the tenth president of the University of Southern California. Under Sample's leadership USC has become a world-renowned in the fields of communication and multimedia technologies, has received national recognition for its innovative community partnerships, and has solidified its status as one of the nation's leading research universities. USC was selected as College of the Year 2000 by TIME and the Princeton Review, was named a "hot school" by Newsweek/Kaplan Review, and has been widely acclaimed in recent years for the excellence of its highly selective undergraduate programs.
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