A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (10th Anniversary, Revised Edition) Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Friedman, Edwin H. (Author), Steinke, Peter (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1596272791 ISBN-13: 9781596272798 Publisher: Church Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Leadership - Business & Economics | Leadership - Religion | Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring |
Dewey: 158.4 |
LCCN: 2016057024 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.8 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Over a decade after his death, Edwin Friedman's bestselling A Failure of Nerve continues to offer insights into leadership that are more urgently needed than ever, and this revised, anniversary edition is essential reading for all leaders, be they parents or presidents, corporate executives or educators, religious superiors or coaches, healers or generals, managers or clergy. Friedman was the first to tell us that all organizations have personalities, like families, and to apply the insights of family therapy to churches and synagogues, rectors and rabbis, and politicians and teachers. His understandings about our regressed, "seatbelt society," oriented toward safety rather than adventure, help explain the sabotage that leaders constantly face today. Suspicious of the "quick fixes" and instant solutions that sweep through our culture only to give way to the next fad, he argued for strength and self-differentiation as the marks of true leadership. His formula for success is more maturity, not more data; stamina, not technique; and personal responsibility, not empathy. A Failure of Nerve was unfinished at the time of Friedman's death and originally published in a limited edition. This edition cleans up some oversights in the original and brings his life-changing insights and challenges to a new generation of readers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Friedman, Edwin H.: - Edwin H. Friedman was an ordained rabbi and practicing family therapist. His ground-breaking volume Generation to Generation, which exposed the connections between emotional processes at home and at work in religious, educational, therapeutic, and business systems, has become a modern classic. In great demand as a consultant and public speaker throughout the country, he lived in Washington DC. He died in 1996. |