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A WARREN BENNIS BOOK
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgments
THE AUTHOR
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE - HOW MUCH CAN WE HOPE FOR?
GOOD LEADERSHIP IS A NATURAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR
IS BAD LEADERSHIP PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION?
LEADERSHIP IS DECISION MAKING, AND WE ARE DECISION MAKERS
PART ONE - THE LEADERSHIP BRAIN
CHAPTER TWO - A BRAIN DESIGNED FOR LEADERSHIP?
DESCRIPTION OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN ACTION
EVIDENCE OF THE DECISION-MAKINIG PROCESS
THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS
HELEN MAKES HER DEICISION
THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX
CONFLICT DETECTOR
TREASURES OF THE NEOCORTEX
THE DORSOLATERAL MODULE AND WORKING MEMORY
THE ROSTROMEDICAL AND ROSTROTER CORTEXES: WHAT I AM
CHECKS AND BALANCES AMONGST THE DRIVES
A COMPREHENSIVE TEST: THE ULTIMATUM GAME
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER THREE - DRAWIN REDISCOVERED
A LARGER BRAIN—WITH A PRICE TO PAY
A BETTER FOOD SUPPLY—WITH A PRICE TO PAY
PAIR-BONDING PAYS THE TAB
THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC TRANSITION
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORALITY
PEOPLE-W/O-CONSCIENCE
PART TWO - HISTORIC LEADERSHIP PATTERNS
CHAPTER FOUR - ALL ABOUT LEADERS
DEFINITIONS OF LEADERSHIP
EVIL LEADERSHIP: NAPOLEON’S RISE TO POWER BY ANY MEANS
MISGUIDED LEADERSHIP ON OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORMS
GOOD LEADERSHIP: DISPLACING MACHO CULTURE ON OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORMS
OTHER EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP
MORAL LEADERSHIP
PREVIEW OF CHAPTERS FIVE THROUGH SEVEN
CHAPTER FIVE - LEADERSHIP AND THE HISTORIC EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
THE FALL AND THE RISE OF LEADERS-W/O-CONSCIENCE
THE CULTURAL SHIFT TO CIVILIZATION AND THE RISE OF LEADERS-W/O-CONSCIENCE
THE DARK AGES AS AN AGE OF LEADERS-W/O-CONSCIENCE
MACHIAVELLI’S CLEAR VIEW OF LEADERS-W/O-CONSCIENCE
A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF LEADERS-W/O-CONSCIENCE?
CHECKS AND BALANCES
LINCOLN’S GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP
PROGRESS AND REGRESS IN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES
CHAPTER SIX - LEADERSHIP OF ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
OVERVIEW OF ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
OVERVIEW OF THE CORPORATION
THE RISE OFAMERICAN CORPORATIONS AND THE STRUGGLE TO REGULATE THEM
THE FIRST CORPORATIONS WITH NATIONAL SCOPE: THE RAILROADS
THE FEDERAL RESPONSE
STANDARD OIL
CORPORATE ABUSES LEADING INTO THE GREAT DEPRESSION
PROGRESS AND REGRESS SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION
CHAPTER SEVEN - LEADERSHIP IN INSTITUTIONS OF HUMAN MEANING
THE INSTITUTION OF RELIGION AND HUMAN MEANING
GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP AND THE GNOSTIC CHALLENGE TO ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
THE INSTITUTION OF ART AND HUMAN MEANING
THE INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND HUMAN MEANING
POSSIBLE CONVERGENCE OFRELIGION AND SCIENCE ON THE MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE?
THE CONVERGENCE OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE AS A LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE
PART THREE - LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER EIGHT - KEEPING ON TRACK
CAN CORPORATIONS EVER BE HUMANE? GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP OF CORPORATIONS
MEDTRONIC—A VALUES-DRIVEN COMPANY
MEDTRONC—A PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN COMAPANY
NUCOR: GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY
ENRON: A COUNTEREXAMPLE OF OFF-TRACK LEADERSHIP
MISGUIDED LEADERSHIP: THE ROLE OF AGENCY THEORY
DESIGNING CORPORATE STRUCTURES TO ENCOURAGE GOOD/MORAL CORPORATE BEHAVIOR
THE ROLE OF GOVERNEMENT REGULATION IN KEEPING CORPORATIONS ON TRACK
CORPORATE CORRUPTION OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
REFORMING THE FEDERAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM
THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF SCIENCE IN KEEPING CORPORATIONS ON TRACK
CHAPTER NINE - A WORLDWIDE SWINDLE
WAS THE MELTDOWN REALLY A BLACK SWAN?
THE FLEECING MACHINE
THE ROLE OF THE BIG MULTINATIONAL BANKS IN THE SUBPRIME MORTGAGE MESS
LACK OF CONTROOL, LACK OF SELF-CONTROL
LACK OF EXTERNAL CONTROL: REGULATION
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER TEN - KEEPING A GLOBAL ECONOMY AND A GLOBAL COMMUNITY ON TRACK
THE GLOBALE CONOMY AS A CHALLENGE TO THE DRIVE TO BOND
KEEPING A GLOBAL ECONOMY ON TRACK
UNDERSTANDING THE MULTIPLE FORMS OF GLOBALIZATION
GLOBAL ECONOMIC REGULATION
WAR AND GENOCIDE AS CHALLENGES TO THE DRIVE TO BOND
KEEPING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY ON TRACK
FACING UP TO THE COMING CRISIS AT THE WORLD LEVEL
INSTITUTIONAL SUGGESTIONS AT THE WORLD LEVEL
CHAPTER ELEVEN - KEEPING ON TRACK BY PRACTICING GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP
LEADING ONESELF
INTERNALIZING THE RD THEORY CONCEPT OF GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP
LEARNING AND PRACTICING GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP
SIZING UP THE LEADERSHIP ROLE
SUMMARIZING WHAT LEADERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GROUPS
PRACTICING GOOD/MORAL LEADERSHIP
ACTION IMPLICATIONS OF THE RD THEORY AT THE INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL
OVERVIEW OF THE PEOPLE-W/OCONSCIENCE ISSUE
ENDING THE NIGHTMARE
CHAPTER TWELVE - RENEWINGTHE STORYOF HUMAN PROGRESS WITH DARWIN’S HELP
APPENDIX - DARWIN MISUNDERSTOOD
NOTES
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