"Reframing Leadership translates Bolman & Deal's influential four-frame model of leadership and organizations developed in their bestselling Jossey-Bass Book, Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership, (over 300,000 copies sold in 4 editions, $7M in net revenue) into a thought-provoking and practical guide for leaders in business and other organizations. This book will offer leaders a template and guide for understanding four major dimensions of organizational life: structure, people, politics, and symbols (or culture) that will enable them to decode the messy world in which they live, see a broader range of options, and find more powerful and elegant strategies for leading"-- Provided by publisher.

Pt. 1 Leadership in Four Dimensions : 1. Introduction: The Power of Reframing ; pt. 2 Structural Leadership : 2. Getting Organized -- 3. Organizing Groups and Teams ; pt. 3 Human Resource Leadership : 4. Leading People -- 5. Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us ; pt. 4 Political Leadership : 6. The Leader as Politician : 7. The Leader as Warrior and Peacemaker ; pt. 5 Symbolic Leadership : 8. The Leader as Magician -- 9. Seeking Soul in Teams ; pt. 6 Improving Leadership Practice -- 10. Retraining in Action -- 11. Images of Leadership : Can Crooked Kites Fly? -- 12. Leadership and Change -- 13. Searching for Soul : Leadership Ethics -- 14. Great Leaders, Great Stories.