Informationen zum Autor Robert Palestini has been an educator for almost fifty years, serving as a high school science teacher, principal, superintendent of schools, and university dean. He is currently dean emeritus and professor of educational leadership, as well as the founding executive director of the Education Leadership Institute and Center for Catholic Urban Education at Saint Joseph's University. Klappentext This book profiles the leadership behavior of ten proven leaders from many walks of life whose leadership style included a highly developed sense of humor. The idea, of course, would be to look at the overall leadership behavior of these individuals, but focus especially on their symbolic frame leadership behavior in the form of humor, to determine how their behavior can inform our own particular leadership style. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1 Contemporary Leadership Theory 2 Leading with Heart 3 Benjamin Franklin 4 Abraham Lincoln 5 Theodore Roosevelt 6 Albert Einstein 7 Winston Churchill 8 Harry Truman 9 Casey Stengel 10 Golda Meir 11 Ronald Reason 12 John F. Kennedy 13 Leadership Lessons Learned Appendix: Diagnosis References About the Author

Autorentext
Robert Palestini has been an educator for almost fifty years, serving as a high school science teacher, principal, superintendent of schools, and university dean. He is currently dean emeritus and professor of educational leadership, as well as the founding executive director of the Education Leadership Institute and Center for Catholic Urban Education at Saint Joseph's University.

Klappentext

This book profiles the leadership behavior of ten proven leaders from many walks of life whose leadership style included a highly developed sense of humor. The idea, of course, would be to look at the overall leadership behavior of these individuals, but focus especially on their symbolic frame leadership behavior in the form of humor, to determine how their behavior can inform our own particular leadership style.

Inhalt

Preface
1 Contemporary Leadership Theory
2 Leading with Heart
3 Benjamin Franklin
4 Abraham Lincoln
5 Theodore Roosevelt
6 Albert Einstein
7 Winston Churchill
8 Harry Truman
9 Casey Stengel
10 Golda Meir
11 Ronald Reason
12 John F. Kennedy
13 Leadership Lessons Learned
Appendix: Diagnosis
References
About the Author