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Visionary Leadership

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ISBN: 978-0-787-90114-1

July 1995

Jossey-Bass

272 pages

Description
Warren Bennis writes,the bookfills me with equal amounts ofadmiration and envy. For the first time ever, Nanus defines for uswhat 'the vision thing' is all about.

Successful leaders know that nothing drives an organization like anattractive, worthwhile, achievable vision for the future.Leadership expert and best-selling author Burt Nanus finally showswhy vision is the key to leadership and demonstrates how any leadercan use a logical, step-by-step process to create and implement apowerful new sense of direction in his or her organization.

Designed for individual leaders to develop their own visionstatement, this book guides readers through the mechanics offorming a vision, guidelines for developing the scope of thevision, and processes for implementing that vision.

Visionary Leadership is an indispensable guide for leaders at alllevels, from top executives to heads of divisions and departments,from large corporations to small businesses, from manufacturing andservice organizations to government and nonprofit institutions.
About the Author
BURT NANUS is author or coauthor of six books including the best-selling Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge (1985, with Warren Bennis). For many years, he was director of research at the University of Southern California's Leadership Institute and professor of management in the School of Business Administration.