The proven model that offers powerful and elegant strategies for leaders How Great Leaders Think: the Art of Reframing uses compelling, contemporary examples to show how more complex thinking is the key to better leadership. Leaders who understand what's going on around them see what they need to do to achieve the results they want. How Great Leaders Think: The Art of Reframing uses compelling, contemporary examples to show how better thinking is the key to better leadership. Leaders who can reframe capture a sharper image of whats going on around them and understand what they need to do to achieve the results they want. Bolman and Deals influential four-frame model of leadership and organizationsdeveloped in their bestselling book, Reframing Organizations: Artistry Choice, and Leadership offers leaders an accessible template for understanding four major dimensions of organizational life: structure, people, politics, and culture. Tapping into the power of the imagery enables leaders to decode the messy world in which they live, see more options, tell better stories, and find more powerful leadership strategies. Case examples of leaders like Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Howard Schultz at Starbucks, Tony Hsieh of Zappos, Ursula Burns at Xerox, and the late Steve Jobs of Apple provide concrete lessons that readers can put to use in their own leadership. The books lessons include: How to use structural tools to organize teams and organizations for better results How to build motivation and morale by aligning organization and people How to map the political terrain and build a power base to navigate the partisan struggles in organizations How to develop a leadership story that shapes culture, provides meaning, and inspires people toward a shared purpose. Preface Acknowledgments Part 1: Leadership in Four Dimensions 1 Introduction: The Power of Reframing Part 2: Structural Leadership 2 Getting Organized 3 Leading Groups and Teams Part 3: Human Resource Leadership 4 Leading People 5 Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us Part 4: Political Leadership 6 The Leader as Politician 7 The Leader as Warrior and Peacemaker Part 5: Symbolic Leadership 8 The Leader as Magician 9 Seeking Soul in Teams Part 6: Improving Leadership Practice 10 Reframing 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 Appendix: Leadership Orientations Notes The Authors Index