{"product_id":"driven-to-lead-isbn-9780470623848","title":"Driven to Lead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book is truly amazing—actually, a masterpiece. It tells the story of the human condition.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —From Foreword by WARREN BENNIS  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN THIS FOLLOW-UP BOOK to the best-selling \u003ci\u003eDriven\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvard professor Paul Lawrence applies his four-drive theory of human behavior to the realm of leadership, explaining how leadership—like all human behavior—can be understood as a function of the balance, or lack of balance, of four basic human drives: the drive to acquire, to defend, to comprehend, and to bond. We achieve an optimal state of leadership when all four drives are cultivated and balanced. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this next-step resource, Lawrence uses historical examples and current leadership crises to explain how the balance of the four drives results in one of three types of leadership: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cli\u003eGood leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: The best leaders, followers, and stakeholders fulfill the four drives in a balanced manner. \u003cb\u003e\u003cli\u003eMisguided leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: These leaders, followers, and stakeholders fulfill one or some of their four drives while ignoring or supp-ressing the others. \u003cb\u003e\u003cli\u003eEvil leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: Defines leaders who are missing the drive to bond and have influence over others and only fulfill their drives to acquire, defend, and comprehend. \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDriven to Lead\u003c\/i\u003e explains the biological underpinnings of leadership behavior and offers a compelling discussion of the history of leadership. It examines the critical turning points in the leadership of political institutions, the rise of the corporation as the leading economic institution, and the leadership of religious, artistic, and scientific organizations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on theories that are universal, testable, and actionable, \u003ci\u003eDriven to Lead\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light a general theory of human behavior that can be used to cultivate good leadership and leaders who have a balance of the four drives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 How Much Can We Hope For? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: the Leadership Brain 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Brain Designed for Leadership? 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Darwin Rediscovered: Did the Brain Evolve Leadership Capabilities? 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Historic Leadership Patterns 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 All About Leaders: Good, Bad, and Misguided 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Leadership and the Historic Evolution of Political Institutions 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Leadership of Economic Institutions: The Rise of Corporations 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Leadership in Institutions of Human Meaning: Religion, Art, and Science 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Leadership in Contemporary Affairs 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Keeping on Track: Leadership in Contemporary Corporations 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 A Worldwide Swindle: By Banking Leaders-w\/o-Conscience? 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Keeping a Global Economy and a Global Community on Track 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Keeping on Track by Practicing Good\/Moral Leadership 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Renewing the Story of Human Progress with Darwin’s Help 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Darwin Misunderstood 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 301\u003c\/p\u003e \"...former Medtronic CEO and smart leadership thinker Bill George loved it, and I have to think someone who's been studying the topic since at least the 1960s would have something smart to say.\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2010)  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003epaul r. lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Organizational Behavior Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is the author of twenty-five books and numerous articles across the entire field of social sciences and is the coauthor, with Nitin Nohria, of \u003ci\u003eDriven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices.\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book is truly amazing—actually, a masterpiece. It tells the story of the human condition.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —From Foreword by WARREN BENNIS  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN THIS FOLLOW-UP BOOK to the best-selling \u003ci\u003eDriven\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvard professor Paul Lawrence applies his four-drive theory of human behavior to the realm of leadership, explaining how leadership—like all human behavior—can be understood as a function of the balance, or lack of balance, of four basic human drives: the drive to acquire, to defend, to comprehend, and to bond. We achieve an optimal state of leadership when all four drives are cultivated and balanced. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this next-step resource, Lawrence uses historical examples and current leadership crises to explain how the balance of the four drives results in one of three types of leadership: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cli\u003eGood leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: The best leaders, followers, and stakeholders fulfill the four drives in a balanced manner. \u003cb\u003e\u003cli\u003eMisguided leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: These leaders, followers, and stakeholders fulfill one or some of their four drives while ignoring or supp-ressing the others. \u003cb\u003e\u003cli\u003eEvil leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: Defines leaders who are missing the drive to bond and have influence over others and only fulfill their drives to acquire, defend, and comprehend. \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDriven to Lead\u003c\/i\u003e explains the biological underpinnings of leadership behavior and offers a compelling discussion of the history of leadership. 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