Humble Leadership, Second Edition

2018 Silver Nautilus Award Winner in the Business & Leadership category. “This is the key book for the new age of human organizations. It ought to be compulsory reading for anyone who is given charge of any operation.” —Charles Handy, author of The Second Curve   “The future will reward humility and punish arrogance. Ed and Peter Schein show us both the power and the strength of humble leadership. This book is an antidote to arrogance and a practical guide to making the future.” —Bob Johansen, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future, and author of The New Leadership Literacies   “This book outlines the pathway to a culture of cooperation and trust and the leadership needed to create this. If you take it seriously, Humble Leadership is the only book on management that you will ever need.” —Peter Block, author of Stewardship and Flawless Consulting and coauthor of An Other Kingdom   “Humility may be the modern leader’s most important attribute. In a complex, dynamic world, humility is simply realism. This powerful and thoroughly engaging book delivers the wisdom of Edgar Schein’s half century of research and practice dedicated to helping organizations and those who manage them. Its authors—a pioneering organizational scholar and his son—embody humility as they describe its power in transforming organizations. Compelling case studies clarify the humble leadership approach and make it actionable.”  —Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School   "Effective leadership is all about building trust and relationships. With Humble Leadership, Ed and Peter help us to actually get there by understanding relationships on a much more granular and tangible level." —Severin Schwan, CEO Roche Group   “In an era of national cynicism and dismay, this call for empathy, trust, and collaboration is a timely breath of fresh air with relevance for leaders at all levels.” —Lucian Leape, Adjunct Professor of Health Policy (retired), Harvard School of Public Health   “In focusing on ‘levels of relationships,’ the book explains how…emerging leaders can succeed by interacting with peers and those reporting to them in ways that are in stark contrast to the coercive and ‘bad behaviors’ we are currently hearing about. Ed and Peter Schein offer them an alternative and far superior approach to leadership—one based on cooperative relationships with others that emphasize trust and respect and, in turn, lead to stronger and more effective organizations.” —Robert A. Cooke, author of Human Synergistics’ Organizational Culture Inventory   “For those in the health-care world who face the challenge of leading organizations with layers of administrative and clinical complexity, this book offers a path to success. Humble leadership, as the authors remind us, though, is no mere philosophy. It is a result of disciplined attention to structure, culture, and relationships. The Scheins offer a persuasive road map to achieve this understanding and true effectiveness in institutional settings.” —Paul F. Levy, former CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and author of Goal Play!   “Edgar and Peter Schein’s new book, Humble Leadership, builds on decades of study focused on organizational culture and leadership.  They articulate the criticality of leadership in successful organizations and the strong correlation of relationships that go beyond the transactional with successful leaders and successful organizations.  This is a