Abstract
Globally, it's a time of asymmetry, instability, volatility and also terror. In this age of uncertainty, much public debate and scholarly enquiry focuses on serious informed reflection on this all too complex issue. There are big books on strategy, international relations, political economy, and ultimately, power. Titles are indicative: Capitalism in the 21st Century, Governance and the World Order in the 21st Century, The End of Certainty, The End of Power, The Locust and the Bee: Predators and Creators in Capitalism's Future and Why Nations Fail. Whilst the popularity of celebrity autobiographies and exposes plummet, quality contemporary autobiographies, memoirs and biographies of properly so prominent public figures - leaders - continue to attract huge readerships. And this really is the crux o fso much informed public discussion: it is all about leaders and leadership. So emerge scholarly works such as For the Common Good: The Ethics of Leadership in the 21st Century, The Myth of the Strong Leader and Transforming Leadership. The aspirational self-help book market is booming, particularly in its business leadership, spiritual and strategy genres. Recent titles are illustrative: How Organizations Develop Activists, Radical Management, Servant- Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Transforming Leaders into Progress Makers, and so forth.
Highlights
It’s a time of asymmetry, instability, volatility and terror
Seamless Leadership is firmly within the latter category of book, but his wide-ranging and confidently strong and ambitious claims are such that the work inevitably ranges into fields covered by the former genres as well
As Mnyandu writes in his Foreword, their mutual understanding was that ‘South Africa’s legacy is about nothing else but leadership’, and in the interviews – and in this book – Groenewald provides ‘a mirror through which the current generation of South African leaders can look at themselves...’ (p. ix and x)
Summary
It’s a time of asymmetry, instability, volatility and terror. In this age of uncertainty, much public debate and scholarly enquiry focuses on serious informed reflection on this all too complex issue. BOOK TITLE: Seamless leadership: Universal lessons from South Africa Groenewald is a South African leadership analyst and consultant.
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