Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Business of Leadership
Karen Dill Bowerman · 2011
60/100
👎 Skip It
As a Routledge undergraduate textbook with scaffolded progression from supervisory to executive leadership, this does what it's designed to do — it's a classroom tool, not a trade book. Outside of course adoption, though, the format limits its usefulness, and a 2011 publication date means the case studies and examples are noticeably dated in a management landscape that has shifted considerably. Fine if it's assigned; not something to seek out independently.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety98
Substance / usefulness65
Craft & writing62
Originality52
Evidence & accuracy68
Hype vs delivers82
Age-fit85
👁 Human-eye gut-check50
Penny’s verdict60
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