Background
Heifetz, Ronald Abadian was born on February 7, 1951 in Pasadena, California, United States.
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En nuestra época, la economía está en decadencia, el fracaso de la educación parece evidente, la delincuencia y la pobreza se extienden por todas partes, las relaciones internacionales son cada vez más frágiles... Necesitamos líderes que nos aporten soluciones radicales, pero a la vez debemos confiar en ellos. En otras palabras, no podemos abandonarlos cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles y los métodos empleados se revelan más complejos y más lentos de lo previsto. La crisis de liderazgo que estamos atravesando no tiene precedentes, es cierto, pero la culpa no pertenece únicamente a los líderes, pues nuestras demandas y expectativas son a veces demasiado rígidas como para que puedan trabajar cómodamente con ellas. Este libro se centra en ambos problemas y se acerca al tema del liderazgo a partir de la proposición de un nuevo contrato social: la revitalización ética y moral que tan desesperadamente necesitamos. Basándose en doce años de intensa investigación, tanto en el sector privado como en el público, Ronald A. Heifetz presenta aquí normas claras y concretas para todos aquellos que se vean en la obligación de asumir el liderazgo en una situación determinada.
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The economy uncertain, education in decline, cities under siege, crime and poverty spiraling upward, international relations roiling: we look to leaders for solutions, and when they don't deliver, we simply add their failure to our list of woes. In doing do, we do them and ourselves a grave disservice. We are indeed facing an unprecedented crisis of leadership, Ronald Heifetz avows, but it stems as much from our demands and expectations as from any leader's inability to meet them. His book gets at both of these problems, offering a practical approach to leadership for those who lead as well as those who look to them for answers. Fitting the theory and practice of leadership to our extraordinary times, the book promotes a new social contract, a revitalization of our civic life just when we most need it. Drawing on a dozen years of research among managers, officers, and politicians in the public realm and the private sector, among the nonprofits, and in teaching, Heifetz presents clear, concrete prescriptions for anyone who needs to take the lead in almost any situation, under almost any organizational conditions, no matter who is in charge, His strategy applies not only to people at the top but also to those who must lead without authority--activists as well as presidents, managers as well as workers on the front line.
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Heifetz, Ronald Abadian was born on February 7, 1951 in Pasadena, California, United States.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1973; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1977; Master of Public Administration, Harvard University, 1983.
Clinical fellow in surgery, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1978;
physician, Rikers Island (New York) Prison-Montefiore Health Superior vena cava syndrome, 1978-1979;
counselling physician on health education and stress management, The Life Extension Institute, New York City, 1979-1980;
clinical fellow in psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1980-1983;
clinical instructor in psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1983-1990;
lecturer in public policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1983;
director Leadership Education Project, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1988. Co-founder, director Cor Associations, New York City, 1978-1983. Physician emergency services Control General Hospital, Plainview, New York, 1980.
Associate physician in psychiatry The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1981-1983. Part-time pvt.practice, 1983-1989. Assistant attending psychiatrist McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1983-1989.
Consultant British Post Office, London, 1989, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1989-1990, Xerox Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, 1991, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1992, Washington Leadership Institute, since 1988, Control Creative Leadership, Greensboro, North Carolina, since 1991, Department State, Washington, since 1992, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1993, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Armonk, New York, 1993, many others.
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(En nuestra época, la economía está en decadencia, el frac...)
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