Leadership and Governance from the Inside Out.

• Author: Marshall, Jeffrey
• Position: BookSHELF - Book Review

Leadership and Governance from the Inside Out. Edited by Robert Gandossy and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. John Wiley & Sons, 295 pages. $34.95.

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This outstanding collection of essays and think pieces on governance examines the subject from all angles and perspectives--something that would be impossible in a conventional single-author approach. The roll call of writers includes many of the leading voices in governance, academia and government today, with names such as Warren Bennis, William Donaldson, John Bogle, Arthur Levitt, Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Sherron Watkins of Enron fame.

With titles like "Somebody's Gotta Keep an Eye on These Geniuses" and "Getting What You Pay For," the essays are pointed and sometimes anguished. The editors--Gandossy is a senior executive at Hewitt Associates and Sonnenfeld a...