"No One Leader for all seasons" Part I

In 1993, John Wiley, published my book: "Risktaker, Caretaker, Surgeon, Undertaker- four faces of Strategic Leadership" to highlight that there is no leader for all situations and organizations. It has sold well and though there are still some copies that can be purchased from my site, for all practical purposes it is out of print. Rather that re-publish the book, I plan to highlight some of the major points and illustrations on this blog. It will be presented in a series. If you wish to purchase the book visit http://www.strategyleader.com/ to order it. If you wish a collection of these highlights let us know and we can print them on demand for you.

Let's begin with the "Introduction":
"There is a leadership crisis in the world today (1992)." " Many would like to have a perfect leader, who can deal with all situations". "Unfortunately, no one person can do it all. There is no leader for all seasons who can do it everything and do it all equally well."
This book, which is about the reality of leadership, has two fundamental premises:

• First, the type of leader must change to reflect the maturity of the business or organizations;
• Second, the leader's abilities and talents will be the key to how the institution differentiates itself from its competitors.

In simple terms, some leaders excel at invention, others at selling, still others at problem solving, and some in just being able to make things better than anyone else. The key is to understand what the situation demands and then match those requirements to the strategic leader possessing the necessary unique talents."

Next issue: Chapter One highlights.."managing by slogan is not leadership".

Bill Rothschild.

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