Doing Leadership Differently by Amanda Sinclair - ISBN: 9780522851496
Paperback
We expect our leaders to be a certain type of person-a tough, heterosexual male. Drawing on interviews with senior executives, male and female, Amanda Sinclair shows convincingly why our faith in this traditional style of leadership is so strong-and misplaced. Doing Leadership Differently is essenti…

Doing Leadership Differently

Gender, Power, and Sexuality in a Changing Business Culture

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  • Paperback

    212 pages

  • Release Date

    1 December 2004

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Summary

The Australian workforce is amazingly diverse, with men and women bringing a huge range of cultural backgrounds, skills and life experiences to their jobs. But this diversity, with all its potential for cleverness and creativity, is not reflected in the ranks our of senior business and corporate leaders.Amanda Sinclair argues that Australian organisations are clinging to an outdated concept of leadership. We expect our leaders to be a certain type of person-a tough, heterosexual male. Drawing…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522851496
ISBN-10:0522851495
Author:Amanda Sinclair
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:212
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 December 2004
Weight:260g
Dimensions:215mm x 144mm x 18mm
About The Author

Amanda Sinclair

Amanda Sinclair is Foundation Professor of Management (Diversity and Change) at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, where she teaches managers and executives. She is also the author of Trials at the Top (1994). As the mother of four children, Amanda has a personal as well as professional interest in changes to leadership.

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