How Great Leaders Think: The Art of Reframing

How Great Leaders Think: The Art of Reframing usescompelling, contemporary examples to show how better thinking isthe key to better leadership. Leaders who can reframe capture asharper image of what’s going on around them and understandwhat they need to do to achieve the results they want. Bolman andDeal’s influential four-frame model of leadership andorganizations—developed in their bestselling book,Reframing Organizations: Artistry Choice, andLeadership—offers leaders an accessible template forunderstanding four major dimensions of organizational life:structure, people, politics, and culture. Tapping into the power ofthe imagery enables leaders to decode the messy world in which theylive, see more options, tell better stories, and find more powerfulleadership strategies. Case examples of leaders like Jeff Bezos ofAmazon, Howard Schultz at Starbucks, Tony Hsieh of Zappos, UrsulaBurns at Xerox, and the late Steve Jobs of Apple provide concretelessons that readers can put to use in their own leadership. Thebook’s lessons include:

• How to use structural tools to organize teams and organizationsfor better results
• How to build motivation and morale by aligning organization andpeople
• How to map the political terrain and build a power base tonavigate the partisan struggles in organizations
• How to develop a leadership story that shapes culture, providesmeaning, and inspires people toward a shared purpose.