The Organization of the Future 2 the of Organization The The Organization Praise for the Previous Edition THE of the Future 2 “Th e Organization of the Future is required reading. If you don’t use this book to help guide your Th e world has changed dramatically since the organization through the changes, you may well be left behind.” —Nonprofi t World previous edition of the best-selling Th e Organiza- tion of the Future was published in 1999. More than The Editors “A book to visit occasionally for something new to stretch our understanding, to think about, ORGANIZATION ever before, leaders need guidance for meeting the Frances Hesselbein is the founding president and to integrate into our work. Th is is a treasure trove of some of the best thinking today on challenges of today’s complex organizations in order and current chairman of the Board of Governors leadership, management, and strategy. 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Th is volume is highly recommended for organizational executives, experts share their unique vision of what the orga- degrees from 20 colleges and universities academics, and advanced students of management.” —Choice nization of the future should look like and what Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized organizational leaders must do to survive in the by the American Management Association as one “If you’re interested in what tomorrow’s organizations will look like and what challenges our tumultuous twenty-fi rst century. business leaders will face, this book is a must-read. 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Th e contributors off er varied and diverse views on the organization of the future—for entrepreneurs to large corporations, nonprofi ts, and Visions, universities—including three diff erent yet comple- Established in 1990 as the Peter F. Drucker Foundation Strategies, Visions, Strategies, and Insights mentary approaches to inclusion, integration, and for Nonprofi t Management, the Leader to Leader and Institute furthers its mission—to strengthen the Insights on horizontal organization. Managing on Managing in a New Era leadership of the social sector—by providing social Th e fi nal section of the book focuses on the leaders in a New Era sector leaders with essential leadership wisdom, of the organizations of the future and shows how inspiration, and resources to lead for innovation and they can make a critical diff erence in the success of to build vibrant social sector organizations. EDITORS their enterprises. 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