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The Leadership Wheel
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The Leadership Wheel

Five Steps for Achieving Individual and Organizational Greatness

C. Clinton Sidle
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

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6

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

C. Clinton Sidle finds leadership lessons in psychologist Carl Jung's categorization of human personality into archetypes based on ancient mythological symbols and in Jung's belief that each person travels on a "heroic journey" through life. Sidle adapts these Jungian ideas and the symbol of the wheel to create a paradigm of business leadership that individuals, teams and organizations can use to reach their goals. Because he tries to fit so many concepts into his wheel, readers may feel after a while that they are spinning in circles. Nonetheless, the book is loaded with useful exercises and examples. Although Sidle's approach is esoteric, getAbstract recommends it to managers with a spiritual bent who want to develop their leadership qualities and discover a style that suits them.

Take-Aways

  • The wheel, with four "energies" or personality types that correspond to each of the four directions and a fifth in the center, is an ancient, universal pattern.
  • The personality types on the "leadership wheel" are "warrior," "teacher," "nurturer," "visionary" and "sage."
  • Warriors are action-oriented. They implement plans.

About the Author

C. Clinton Sidle directs the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows Program at Cornell University, and consults on business strategy and leadership training.

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