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100			_aGates, Robert Michael, 1943-
245			_aA passion for leadership : _blessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
260			_aNew York _bAlfred A. Knopf _c2016
300			_a239 pages _c25 cm
505			_aWhy bureaucracies so often fail us Where you want to go: "the vision thing" Formulating a strategy Techniques for implementing change It's always about people Stakeholders: friends and foes The agent of change: "mirror, mirror on the wall" Money, money, money: reforming in scarce times Reform: the never-ending story A flaming heart
520			_aAcross the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and fiscal prudence are essential, yet Americans know these institutions fall short. Many despair that they are too big and too hard to reform. Robert Gates disagrees. Having led change successfully at three monumental organizations -- the CIA, Texas A & M University, and the Department of Defense -- he offers an insider's look at how major bureaus, organizations, and companies can be transformed. Gates includes advice on tailoring reform to the operative culture (we see how Gates worked within the system to increase diversity at Texas A & M); effecting change within committees; engaging the power of compromise ("In the real world of bureaucratic institutions, you almost never get all you want when you want it"); and listening and responding to your team.
650			_aLeadership _xPolitics and government _xBiography _xGates, Robert Michael, 1943- _zUnited States
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