{"product_id":"the-leader-isbn-9780345308566","title":"The Leader","description":"“The Leader,” an entirely new breed of manager, has seized the reins of power, looking beyond money and status alone toward inspiring a team that fulfills company and personal expectations.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Leader \u003c\/i\u003eexamines six real managers from America and Europe in action—a factory foreman, a union leader, a plant manager, a chief executive, a ranking civil servant, and a congressman. It reveals their attitudes about people, power, and organizational structure, resulting in a new philosophy that ultimately leads to increased satisfaction, creating a more human, efficient, and productive workplace.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Dealing with changing technology . . . pursuing people-oriented goals . . . setting the pace for the exciting decade ahead.\u003cb\u003eMichael Maccoby\u003c\/b\u003e is President of the Maccoby Group and Director of the Project on Technology, Work, and Character, a nonprofit research center. A psychoanalyst, anthropologist, and consultant, Maccoby has advised leaders at numerous corporations, from AT\u0026amp;T to Volvo, as well as at institutions such as the World Bank. From 1970 to 1990, he led a research program on leadership and work at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Leader\u003c\/i\u003e, the bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Gamesman,\u003c\/i\u003e and author or co-author of several other books, including \u003ci\u003eWhy Work? Motivating the New Workforce\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Washington, DC.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300829876453,"sku":"NP9780345308566","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-leader-isbn-9780345308566","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}