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The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations
by Jeffrey S. Nielsen	ISBN:0891061991
Davies-Black Publishing © 2004 (187 pages)
In this unconventional, thought-provoking text, Jeffrey Nielsen debunks leader-based corporate hierarchies and presents the paradigm of "peer-based" organizations.

Table of Contents
	The Myth of Leadership”Creating Leaderless Organizations
	Preface
Part One - The Context of Leadership
	Chapter 1	-	Rank-Based vs. Peer-Based Thinking in Organizations
	Chapter 2	-	The Myth of Leadership
	Chapter 3	-	Why Have Leaders?
Part Two - The Evolution of Organizational Practices
	Chapter 4	-	"Strange Attractors" and Organizational Practices
	Chapter 5	-	"Big Chief" and Hierarchical Rank-Based Organizations
Part Three - Creating and Managing Peer-Based Organizations
	Chapter 6	-	Creating Peer-Based Organizations
	Chapter 7	-	The Strategy of Peer-Based Organizations
	Chapter 8	-	Open and Leaderless Peer-Based Organizations
	Concluding Thoughts
	References
	Index
	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	List of Sidebars