We have worked directly with Ron Carucci and his book is both insightful and inspirational.

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Product Description

How senior leaders can re-connect to the emerging leaders hidden in their organizations

A sea change has taken place throughout the culture of leadership; today’s emerging leaders are "opting out" of the same positions their predecessors coveted in years past. But many senior managers trained in traditional leadership still hang onto outdated approaches of command and control despite how much they’ve heard about "empowerment" and inclusion. At the core of this book is the fictional suspense story of Brookreme Corporation, whose leaders are challenged to chart a course to a global future, navigating relational land mines along the way. With both story telling and hard research, Leadership Divided reconnects generations and instructs both senior and emerging leaders on how the relationships of the future will be the path to revolutionary performance.

Ron A. Carucci (Seattle, WA) is a founding partner with Passages Consulting, LLC, where he works with CEOs and senior executives in pursuit of profound organizational change and executive leadership capability. He is Graduate Professor of Leadership at Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle. He is also faculty member at Fordham University, serving as Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, and has served as an adjunct at the Center for Creative Leadership. His clients have included Edward Jones Investments, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Gates Corporation, Accenture, and many others.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #578191 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .85" h x 6.50" w x 9.40" l, .93 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

From the Inside Flap
Many organizations are floundering in their attempts to identify their next generation of leaders, and are claimingthat this seeming shortfall has created a "crisis of leadership."But is there really a crisis? Can today's leaders ensure thattheir organizations will continue to produce powerful leaders for tomorrow?

The answer is yes! And Leadership Divided will show you how.

A sea change has taken place throughout the culture of leadership; emerging leaders are "opting out" of the same positions their predecessors coveted in years past. But many senior managers trained in traditional leadership still hang on to outdated individualistic approaches, despite how much they've heard about "empowerment" and "inclusion." Leadership?Divided shows how senior leaders can connect to the?emerging leaders that are yet to be discovered within their organizations.

Written by Ron Carucci?a leading business consultant who has had the ear of many of America's leading CEOs and leadership teams?Leadership Divided tells the fictional suspense story of Brookreme Corporation, whose leaders are struggling to chart a course to the future. The story is a lesson in the kinds of relationships that can form between today's and tomorrow's leaders?relationships that can transform organizations. Using real cases and the voices of CEOs and senior executives, Leadership Divided provides compelling real-life examples of how such relationships enable organizations to outperform others.

With both compelling storytelling and hard-hitting research, Leadership Divided serves as a wake-up call for leaders across industries. The author shows how today's emerging leaders have disengaged from the organizations and potential mentors who might support them; he reveals how new kinds of strong relationships are the key to the future. Leadership Divided goes a long way to reconnecting generations and offers instructions for both incumbent and emerging leaders on how to build alliances that will lead to success.

From the Back Cover
Praise for Leadership Divided

"Gone are the days when the enterprise agenda could be owned by a few. You need meaningful relationships if you intend to lead well. Leadership Divided will help you create the relationships you need for your organization to succeed. I've known Ron for years, and I know his passion to build successful organizations and effective leaders. You can trust what you will hear in the pages ahead."
—Mike Roberts, president, McDonald's Corporation, From the Introduction

"Reading Leadership Divided is a leadership epiphany. If you are interested in learning to lead justly and humbly, with passion and integrity, read this book."
—Brent Hardaway, chief operating officer, Phase Two Consulting

"At Cadbury Adams, we have worked with Passages Consulting to increase our focus and skill in this area, using many of the concepts in Leadership Divided. Yes, we still work hard to 'make the month,' but now we are better positioned to win the war."
—Brad Irwin, president, Cadbury Adams, U.S.

The perfect handbook to sort through general differences in leadership, so leaders may harmonize their strengths for collective success rather than personal gain. Great insights. Food for thought—and action!"
—Meg VanderLaan, vice president, Worldwide Aftermarket Business Development, Gates Corporation

"I've seen Ron in action—energetic, perceptive, honest, and caring. Next to having Ron around in person, this is the best way to be mentored by him."
—Brian McLaren, best-selling author, A Generous Orthodoxy, and activist (www.brianmclaren.net)

About the Author
Ron A. Carucci is a founding partner with Passages Consulting, LLC, where he works with CEOs and senior executives in pursuit of profound organizational change and executive leadership capability. He is Graduate Professor of Leadership at Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle. He is also a faculty member at Fordham University, serving as associate professor of organizational behavior, and has served as an adjunct at the Center for Creative Leadership. His clients have included Edward Jones Investments, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, McDonald's, PepsiCo, Gates Corporation, Accenture, and many others. He is a frequent conference and keynote speaker, addressing a wide variety of audiences.

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Customer Reviews

A perfect read
I enjoyed all aspects of this book. For me it was the perfect read. The way the author drew you into the facts and the storyline was interesting and a real page turner. I highly recomed this book to everyone.

Understanding the division
I believe this book about leadership, challenges and generational gaps, should be read by all leaders past old and emerging new leaders. I enjoyed reading this book and hope many more generations to come will do so as well. Carucci's points are logical, as he accurately describes a younger generation of managers as highly mistrustful of their own managers and averse to taking on leadership positions because of a very strong perception of risk. Carucci's central theme is that emerging leaders have already decided against following a traditional management style, so long-established managers must break specific habits in order to retain the needed talent. Each chapter focuses on a specific management trait and is framed by a fictional case study that Carucci admits is a best-case scenario. It is up to the new emerging leaders to define the preferred management style, and make the most of their life experiences to be successful. They also need to take what they have learned from their past and past leaders to inspire and motivate future leaders of the next generations to come.

The Time is Now!
Ever have the gut need to just be inspired? To read material, especially on an over-serviced subject like leadership, and want to exclaim with conviction, "YES!" Leadership Divided is the book that will take you there. As an emerging leader in a major government organization, I spend many days wondering about my future and the leadership career that will unfold for me. I hear over and over that there is a "shortfall" of leaders for the future, and as such, my development is essential for the sustainability of my organization. Yet my experience doesn't match that belief. What I have found is that there is definitely a crisis, but its not one of shortfall. (Diane at Harvard Business review who wrote the review above clearly never cracked open her copy of the book - had she, she would have known the quote she references was from the TV show "The Office." She completely missed the point! That's the kind of integrity shortage that makes us emerging leaders so cynical about leadership!). The crisis is one of relationship. Page after page, I was able to locate myself in the words and stories of Leadership Divided. I am being "developed" as a fast-tracked leader, and find myself fighting not to roll my eyes at some of the empty platitudes being put forth as leadership. In the wake of such leadership trash, I have finally come across a book that rises above the noise and says something of great substance. Don't miss this one!