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A passion for leadership [electronic resource] : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service / Robert M. Gates.

Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- (author.). OverDrive, Inc., (distributor.).

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  • Physical Description: 1 sound file : digital
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Electronic audio file.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Why bureaucracies so often fail us -- Where you want to go: "the vision thing" -- Formulating a strategy -- Techniques for implementing change -- It's always about people -- Stakeholders: friends and foes -- The agent of change: "mirror, mirror on the wall" -- Money, money, money: reforming in scarce times -- Reform: the never-ending story -- A flaming heart.
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. New York Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2016 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject:
Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. Department of Defense > Officials and employees > Biography.
Texas A & M University System > Biography.
Administrative agencies > United States > Reorganization.
Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
Leadership > United States.
Organizational change > United States.
Public administration > United States > Anecdotes.
United States > Politics and government.