Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Encyclopedia of Leadership
George R. Goethals · 2004
72/100
👍 Worth It
A genuinely major four-volume reference put together by some of the biggest names in leadership studies, and it's been cited widely since 2004. It's not something you read cover to cover, and a newer successor encyclopedia has since come out, so treat this as a library shelf reference rather than your next read.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness80
Craft & writing70
Originality60
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers50
Age-fit55
Human-eye read72
Penny’s verdict72
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