The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age

John Heider

Sep 2014 · Green Dragon Books

About this ebook

The Tao of Leadership is an invaluable tool for anyone in a position of leadership. This book provides the most simple and clear advice on how to be the very best kind of leader: be faithful, trust the process, pay attention, and inspire others to become their own leaders. Heider's book is a blend of practical insight and profound wisdom, offering inspiration and advice. This book is used as a Management/Leadership training text by many Fortune 500 corporations, including IBM, Mitsubishi, and Prudential.

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This is a particularly readable and accessible version of a great but difficult work.
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About the author

Heider graduated from Harvard College in 1960, and he was awarded a Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology from Duke University in 1968. He returned to Lawrence in 1971-1973, then again in 1987.
He served in the Massachusetts National Guard after training in the tank corps of the U. S. Army. He worked at the Veterans’ Administration and the Menninger Foundation in Topeka. For one of his many jobs he worked at the Jayhawk Theatre, now Liberty Hall, in the summer of 1951.
John Heider is a seminal figure in the Human Potential Movement. He worked at Esalen Institute, founded the Human Potential School of Mendocino, and led personal growth and training groups for over 40 years. He wrote The Tao of Leadership in 1985; since then it has been translated into 10 languages