An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change

An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change by Warren Bennis. 238 pgs.

Table of contents

	Contents
	Foreword ix
	Preface xiii
	An Invented Life: Shoe Polish, Milli Vanilli and Sapiential Circles 1
	Is Democracy Inevitable? 37
	The Wallenda Factor 57
	The Coming Death of Bureaucracy 61
	The Four Competencies of Leadership 75
	Managing the Dream 87
	False Grit 95
	On the Leading Edge of Change 103
	Searching for the Perfect University President 109
	When to Resign 141
	Followership 157
	Ethics Aren't Optional 161
	Change: The New Metaphysics 165
	Meet Me in Macy's Window 173
	Corporate Boards 183
	Information Overload Anxiety (and how to overcome it) 193
	Our Federalist Future: The Leadership Imperative 203
	Index 225