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1、PRAISEFORTHEEXTRAORDINARYLEADER“TheZengerFolkmanleadershipmodelisdistinguishedfromothersinthatitisbackedupbyresearchanddata.Thatdatavalidatestheeffectivenessofidentifyinganindividual’sstrengthsanddevelopingthem,ratherthanfocusingonweaknesses.TheZengerFolkmanphilosophyhasitseyeonth
2、erightgoal–real,measurableresults.”—BillBlaseSeniorExecutiveVicePresidentHumanResourcesAT&TCorp.“IfellinlovewithTheExtraordinaryLeaderonpage1.FromthemomentIstartedreadingIreallygotjazzed,andmyenthusiasmonlyincreasedthemoreIread.Yousee,I’mjustmadaboutbooksthatattackcherishedbutunsu
3、pportableassumptionsaboutanything,especiallyleadership.That’sexactlywhatJackZengerandJoeFolkmando,andtheydoitpersuasively,precisely,andprofessionally.TheExtraordinaryLeaderisnohackneyedrehashingoftirednostrums.Throughtheirexceptionalresearch,theauthorsdemonstrateandprovethatleader
4、shipdoesmakeadifferenceandthatyoucanlearntolead.Therearesomeprofoundinsightsinthisbook,andwhetheryou’vestudiedleadershipforover20years,asIhave,oryouarebrandnewtothesubject,ZengerandFolkmangiveyoumuchmorethanyourmoney’sworth.Andwhiletheirresearchgivesthebookdistinctivecredibility,t
5、heirexamplesandpracticalapplicationsgiveitlife.Thisisabookthatscholarsandpractitionerswillbereferringtoforyearstocome.Ifyourgoalistobeabetterleaderthanyouaretoday,thenyoumustreadthisbook.”—JamesM.KouzesChairmanEmeritus,TomPetersCompanyCoauthorofTheLeadershipChallengeandEncouraging
6、theHeart“JoeFolkmanandJackZengerhaveprovedthemselvestobeextraordinarythinkers.Intheirnewbook,TheExtraordinaryLeader,theyunfoldthemostintriguingandprovocativenewresearchonleadershipthatIhaveencounteredinmanyyears.Thisbookisa‘mustread’foranyonefacedwiththeday-to-daychallengesofdevel
7、opingextraordinaryleadershiptalentwithinanorganization.”—AnnieLaBombardDirectorofLeadershipFireman’sFundInsuranceCompany“Readthisbook!Itsapproachtounderstandingleadershipdevelopmentisunique:Itusesdata,notopinion!Someoftheinsightsareintuitive,butmanyarecounterintuitive.Extraordinar
8、ilyreadable,thisbookrepresentssom