Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
The Author xv
Introduction xvii
1 How Much Can We Hope For? 1
Part One: the Leadership Brain 9
2 A Brain Designed for Leadership? 11
3 Darwin Rediscovered: Did the Brain Evolve Leadership Capabilities? 53
Part Two: Historic Leadership Patterns 79
4 All About Leaders: Good, Bad, and Misguided 81
5 Leadership and the Historic Evolution of Political Institutions 101
6 Leadership of Economic Institutions: The Rise of Corporations 123
7 Leadership in Institutions of Human Meaning: Religion, Art, and Science 143
Part Three: Leadership in Contemporary Affairs 167
8 Keeping on Track: Leadership in Contemporary Corporations 169
9 A Worldwide Swindle: By Banking Leaders-w/o-Conscience? 193
10 Keeping a Global Economy and a Global Community on Track 213
11 Keeping on Track by Practicing Good/Moral Leadership 241
12 Renewing the Story of Human Progress with Darwin’s Help 267
Appendix: Darwin Misunderstood 271
Notes 283
Index 301
paul r. lawrence is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Organizational Behavior Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is the author of twenty-five books and numerous articles across the entire field of social sciences and is the coauthor, with Nitin Nohria, of Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices.
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