Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-

A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service / Robert M. Gates. - First edition. - 239 pages ; 25 cm

Why bureaucracies so often fail us (Page-3),Where you want to go: "the vision thing" (Page-23), Formulating a strategy (Page-39), Techniques for implementing change (Page-63), It's always about people (Page-98), Stakeholders: friends and foes (Page-131), The agent of change: "mirror, mirror on the wall" (Page-157), Money, money, money: reforming in scarce times (Page-186), Reform: the never-ending story (Page-203), A flaming heart (Page-219).

9780307959492 (hardcover)

2015010209


Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-


United States. Department of Defense --Officials and employees--Biography.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
Texas A & M University System--Biography.


Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
Organizational change--United States.
Leadership--United States.
Public administration--United States--Anecdotes.
Administrative agencies--Reorganization.--United States


United States--Politics and government.

E897.4.G37 / A3 2016

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