Leading professionals : power, politics, and prima donnas
Laura Empson
- Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2017
- xii, 260 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm
Analyses the complex power dynamics and interpersonal politics that lie at the heart of leadership in professional organizations. It is based on Laura Empson's scholarly research into the world's leading professional organizations across a range of sectors, including interviews with over 500 senior professionals in 16 countries. It draws on the latest organizational and leadership theory to analyse in detail exactly how professionals come together to create 'leadership'. It identifies how change happens within professional organizations and explains why their leaders so often fail.