Abstract
Amanda Goodall’s (2023) book Credible: The Power of Expert Leaders argues why expert leaders are needed more now than ever across all organizational domains. Goodall describes the book as a chronicle of the “natural experiment” showcasing failures of nonexperts leading various sized groups and organizations, also citing parallel success by expert leaders (p. 1). The book is divided into eight chapters, starting with the introduction and examining the need for experts, the recruitment and development of experts, and finally, the organizational environment to sustain experts. The introduction begins as a corollary to Nichols’ (2024) work regarding how society no longer values experts. Goodall shares the same frustrated and almost exasperated tone of Nichols cocreating the notion of the instant expert armed with false confidence that an intelligent generalist can do everything an expert can and more.
Recommended Citation
Tolbert, Carl L.
(2024)
"Book Review: Credible: The Power of Expert Leaders,"
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership: Vol. 17
:
Iss.
2
, Article 22.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/1948-0733.1520
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/jvbl/vol17/iss2/22
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