Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders? A Better Way to Evaluate Leadership Potential

Silver Medal Winner, Business and Leadership, 2012 Nautilus Book Awards Almost 70% of Americans believe that we are suffering from a crisis of leadership, but rather than asking, why are leaders failing, we need to ask, "e;Why aren't we choosing better leaders?"e; Ever wonder what goes on behind closed board room doors when organizations pick their top leaders? It can be a contentious, secretive, even brutal process. Most of our leaders look good on paper they have charisma, credentials, and confidence yet they lack the real qualities that are necessary to succeed. In Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders?, Cohn and Moran share the same insights and ideas they use to help organizations make better choices. Revealing seven essential attributes of all great leaders, they offer a fresh and powerful evaluation technique anyone can use to assess leader potential. Through dynamic, first-hand accounts from the business world, entertainment, sports, politics, education, and philanthropy, the authors offer the ultimate insider access and reveal how top organizations find and choose the best talent. Offers multiple ways to evaluate leaders, and how these 7 leadership attributes combine to create the best (and worst) in leaders Features interviews with with Mike Krzyzewski, Coach, 2008 US Men's Olympic Basketball team, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon; George Steinbrenner, Scott Davis, CEO of UPS; Peter Loscher, CEO of Siemens; Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic; Hollywood movie directors, and many others Includes academic study and field training at institutions such as Harvard, Yale, INSEAD, and IMD for developing future leaders. Fresh and compelling, Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders? shows how great leaders can be spotted and why they succeed and is soon to the definitive resource guide for about choosing better leaders.

Silver Medal Winner, Business and Leadership, 2012 NautilusBook AwardsAlmost 70% of Americans believe that we are suffering from acrisis of leadership, but rather than asking, why are leadersfailing, we need to ask, "Why aren't we choosing betterleaders?"Ever wonder what goes on behind closed board room doors whenorganizations pick their top leaders? It can be a contentioussecretive, even brutal process. Most of our leaders look good onpaper--they have charisma, credentials, andconfidence--yet they lack the real qualities that arenecessary to succeed. In Why Are We Bad at Picking GoodLeaders?, Cohn and Moran share the same insights and ideas theyuse to help organizations make better choices. Revealing sevenessential attributes of all great leaders, they offer a fresh andpowerful evaluation technique anyone can use to assess leaderpotential.Through dynamic, first-hand accounts from the business worldentertainment, sports, politics, education, and philanthropy, theauthors offer the ultimate insider access and reveal how toporganizations find and choose the best talent.* Offers multiple ways to evaluate leaders, and how these 7leadership attributes combine to create the best (and worst) inleaders* Features interviews with with Mike Krzyzewski, Coach, 2008 USMen's Olympic Basketball team, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon; GeorgeSteinbrenner, Scott Davis, CEO of UPS; Peter Loscher, CEO ofSiemens; Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic; Hollywood moviedirectors, and many others* Includes academic study and field training at institutions suchas Harvard, Yale, INSEAD, and IMD for developing futureleaders.Fresh and compelling, Why Are We Bad at Picking GoodLeaders? shows how great leaders can be spotted and why theysucceed - and is soon to the definitive resource guide forabout choosing better leaders.

Introduction 11 Integrity 152 Empathy 413 Emotional Intelligence 654 Vision 935 Judgment 1176 Courage 1477 Passion 1738 A Better Way to Choose Leaders 199Appendix A: Commonly Used (and Misused) Leadership Terms 225Appendix B: The DNA of Leadership Competencies 239Notes 243Acknowledgments 261About the Authors 267Index 269