What makes a good leader? Which attri- butes guarantee a chief executive's ability to be sensitive, compassionate and still lead through tough or stressful times? And if these skills could be honed in the minds of MBA students, corporate managers or military officers, is this something that should be pursued? Such questions have long been pondered by Pierre Balthazard, an associate professor at the Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Now, after a decade of work, not only has his research taken off but he has found a captive audience.
成為一位優秀的領導者需要具備哪些條件？哪些素質能夠確保一位首席執行官在敏感且富于同情心的同時，仍然能夠領導企業克服壓力或度過難關？如果我們能夠培養MBA學員、公司管理人員和軍官獲得這些技能，這是否應該是我們追求的目標？亞利桑那州立大學凱瑞商學院(Arizona State University: Carey)副教授皮埃爾?巴瑟扎德(Pierre Balthazard)對上述問題進行了長時間的思考。如今，經過10年的工作，不僅他的研究漸臻佳境，還吸引了一批為之著迷的聽眾。