ISBN:
9780749466336
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (192 p)
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Print version New Thinking on Leadership : A Global Perspective
DDC:
658.4092
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Abstract:
For twenty years now leadership has dominated programmes, books and training departments. However, we seem to be witnessing fewer inspirational examples of good leadership, and instead are faced with corruption and misbehaviour from our so-called leaders. The recent actions of bankers, sports bodies, corporate directors and politicians, have all made the concept of moral, transformative, and authentic leadership seem a thing of the past. New Thinking on Leadership brings together the latest thinking from around the world to empower practitioners and academics to turn around what has been calle
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction; References; Part I Challenges forleadership; 01 Is leadership the enemy of the people?1; Introduction; Tame, Wicked and Critical Problems; Addicted to command and allergic to leadership; Conclusion; Note; References; 02 Totalitarianism to democracy; Why modern day politicians share the same DNA as bandits and crooks; How did a rapist evolve into a doting father?; Nation states evolved. Families evolved. But organizations refuse to do so; Why do organizations refuse to evolve, even as the rest of the world is doing so?
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Why the time has come for organizations to transform into democraciesWhy organizations have no option but adopt democracy, if they want to survive; References; 03 Leadership; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The leader in leadership: man as homo-phoneticus; The ship in leadership: making waves; Invitation; Notes; References; 04 'I'm not really a leader'; Content of implicit leadership theories; How do we learn implicit leadership theories - and why are they so persistent?; Impact of implicit leadership theories; The contribution of implicit relationship and followership theories
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Implications of implicit leadership theories for your own and others' leadershipConclusion; References; 05 What is leadership development when it is not the personal development of leaders?; Why is it hard to grasp leadership as existing in between people?; Relational leadership development; References; 06 Leadership reflections; Warren Bennis; Part II Thetransformationof leadership; 07 Latin America; Leadership in Latin America; The transforming status; Emerging dimensions; An enabling context; References; 08 Long civilization, changing times and school leadership in China
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A demanding callingThe new meaning of school leadership; The new direction; Notes; References; 09 Leadership in adversity; The context for leadership; Upheavals of the last decade and its effect on leadership; A crisis of leadership; A time of opportunity for leaders; Dispersed leadership; The basis of a new leadership; Power to women; The power of teams; A world without incentives; Rediscovering our strengths; Northern Ireland; Leaders working for recovery; A time for optimism; 10 Leadership; A new way of seeing the world and ourselves; The brain and change; Dialogue to move forward
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