Risktaker, Caretaker, Surgeon, Undertaker: The Four Faces of Strategic Leadership

By William E. Rothschild

Book Overview

Explains the connection between corporate performance, the business cycle and the style of leadership. Provides a framework to determine what leaders must do and how they will differ from one situation to another. Develops and characterizes four types of strategic leaders: risktakers, caretakers, surgeons, undertakers. Demonstrates how a company with great strategy but without the right kind of leadership for its stage in the business cycle will not succeed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471536296
• ISBN13: 9780471536291
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"