The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership
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The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership is a management and leadership book that challenges conventional wisdom by offering unconventional, experience-based advice for effective leadership in complex organizations.
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| The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6590093 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership Context triple: [Steven B. Sample, authorOf, The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership]
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Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time
"Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time" is a critical book by organizational theorist Jeffrey Pfeffer that challenges popular leadership myths and exposes how common management practices often harm employees and organizations.
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B.
Principle-Centered Leadership
Principle-Centered Leadership is a leadership philosophy and framework by Stephen R. Covey that emphasizes guiding decisions and behavior through timeless, universal principles such as integrity, responsibility, and service.
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C.
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
"It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership" is a memoir and leadership guide by Colin Powell that shares lessons and anecdotes from his military and public service career.
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D.
Leadership in Turbulent Times
Leadership in Turbulent Times is a historical study by Doris Kearns Goodwin that examines how four U.S. presidents—Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson—confronted and led through periods of national crisis.
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E.
Wooden on Leadership
Wooden on Leadership is a book in which legendary basketball coach John Wooden distills his philosophy on leadership, character, and team success.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership Target entity description: The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership is a management and leadership book that challenges conventional wisdom by offering unconventional, experience-based advice for effective leadership in complex organizations.
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A.
Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time
"Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time" is a critical book by organizational theorist Jeffrey Pfeffer that challenges popular leadership myths and exposes how common management practices often harm employees and organizations.
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B.
Principle-Centered Leadership
Principle-Centered Leadership is a leadership philosophy and framework by Stephen R. Covey that emphasizes guiding decisions and behavior through timeless, universal principles such as integrity, responsibility, and service.
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C.
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
"It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership" is a memoir and leadership guide by Colin Powell that shares lessons and anecdotes from his military and public service career.
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D.
Leadership in Turbulent Times
Leadership in Turbulent Times is a historical study by Doris Kearns Goodwin that examines how four U.S. presidents—Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson—confronted and led through periods of national crisis.
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E.
Wooden on Leadership
Wooden on Leadership is a book in which legendary basketball coach John Wooden distills his philosophy on leadership, character, and team success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
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| instanceOf |
book
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leadership book ⓘ management book ⓘ |
| about |
leadership development
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management practice ⓘ organizational behavior ⓘ |
| author | Steven B. Sample NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes | contrarian approaches to leadership ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
challenging conventional management wisdom
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experience-based leadership advice ⓘ leading large institutions ⓘ practical leadership strategies ⓘ |
| genre |
business
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leadership ⓘ management ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
decision-making under uncertainty
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ethical leadership ⓘ independent thinking in leadership ⓘ personal leadership style ⓘ questioning conventional wisdom ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
executives
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leadership students ⓘ managers ⓘ organizational leaders ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
decision making
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leadership in complex organizations ⓘ management ⓘ organizational leadership ⓘ unconventional leadership practices ⓘ |
| mediaType |
book
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print ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership Description of subject: The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership is a management and leadership book that challenges conventional wisdom by offering unconventional, experience-based advice for effective leadership in complex organizations.
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