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...When Summers made his last misstep, people just rose up against him. The days of leaders being immune to criticism are over,” said Kellerman, the author of “Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters.” Ronald A. Heifetz, the center’s founding director, said the source of the country’s problems may be a failure in citizenry, not a breakdown in leadership. “Fundamentally, there needs to be a development of the citizenry to be more sophisticated and responsible in demanding real...
...stars. Even legendary publications such as The Partisan Review have recently become defunct as a result of the death of founders and a lack of funds.“The current print run of n+1 is around 7,000 copies per issue,” says Alexandra Heifetz, the business manager of the magazine. This number, though seemingly small, is in fact rather impressive. At its peak, the print run of The Partisan Review only reached around 15,000. Nonetheless, the editors recognize the need for reassessment. “In the first of our issues, we sort...
Mann, on the other hand, thanks modern medicine and healthy practicing for the longevity of his career. He says he may be the only professional violinist still performing after undergoing two rotator-cuff surgeries. The great Jascha Heifetz ended his concert career when tendon weakness in his right arm prevented him from bowing properly. These days, medical specialists have myriad techniques for keeping performers in playing shape even as their bodies age and muscles weaken. Musicians with dystonia, for example, who often suffer from muscle spasms, now receive experimental new movement and drug therapies...
Every executive who wants to take over a company and reshape it knows that it's lonely at the top. But few realize that leading real change can also be dangerous. "People push back when you disturb the personal and institutional equilibrium they know," write Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky, authors of Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading (Harvard Business School). "People resist in all kinds of creative and unexpected ways that can get you taken out of the game: pushed aside, undermined, or eliminated." The authors should know: the book draws on their combined...
...between colleagues' values and behavior, or ask friends and relatives to face up to tough realities," they write. "You risk people's ire and make yourself vulnerable. Exercising leadership can get you into a lot of trouble." The problem isn't just change; it's fear of loss. Says Heifetz: "People love change when they know it's a good thing. Nobody gives back the winning lottery ticket...