I like Philip Crosby's books provided he realizes he is a lousy fiction writer and sticks to what he knows best. Crosby's books are generally quite readable, and in this one the one of the "big three total quality management gurus" addresses leadership issues. Booknews says this:

A "quick to read" treatise on common sense leadership doesn't break any new ground in business literature, but does outline the basics in a well designed, concise manner.

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Product Description

Leadership is learnable

A Warren Bennis Executive Briefing Series Book

Crosby is taking his message to a different audience--a growing army of intelligent young men and women who are setting out to become executives by choice and for the right reasons.
--Central Florida Business

In this, his eleventh book, world-renowned consultant Philip Crosby offers readers a simple, yet ingenious method for assessing the skills of those they've been assigned to follow, as well as their own leadership abilities. Leaders, he says, come in five versions?Destructor, Procrastinator, Caretaker, Preparer, and Accomplisher. And by examining each of those character types in relation to his four Absolutes of Leadership, the author establishes a framework would-be leaders can use to build quality leadership skills of their own.

Crosby also discusses the leader's role in organizational finance and quality, and in dealing with customers, suppliers, employees, and bosses.
You know a leader when you meet one, he asserts and he maintains that those people who already have leadership potential will blossom once they understand and epitomize the precepts set forth in this groundbreaking work.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #791885 in Books
• Published on: 1997-07-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
"For my money, nobody talks quality better than Phil Crosby." --Lee Iacocca

"Immensely readable...needs to be read by just about everyone, top management and middle managers and supervisors." --Business Week, on Quality Is Free

"Crosby is taking his message to a different audience?a growing army of intelligent young men and women who are setting out to become executives by choice and for the right reasons." --Central Florida Business

From the Inside Flap
In this, his eleventh book, world-renowned consultant Philip Crosby offers readers a simple, yet ingenious method for assessing the skills of those they've been assigned to follow, as well as their own leadership abilities. Leaders, he says, come in five versions?Destructor, Procrastinator, Caretaker, Preparer, and Accomplisher. And by examining each of those character types in relation to his four Absolutes of Leadership, the author establishes a framework would-be leaders can use to build quality leadership skills of their own.Crosby also discusses the leader's role in organizational finance and quality, and in dealing with customers, suppliers, employees, and "bosses." You know a leader when you meet one, he asserts and he maintains that those people who already have leadership potential will blossom once they understand and epitomize the precepts set forth in this groundbreaking work.

From the Back Cover
Rate your own leadership abilities or those of your boss. Author Philip Crosby groups leaders into five personality types and compares their attributes to the four "Absolutes" all strong leaders share. An engaging work that holds the keys to effective, quality leadership.