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Good leadership is something every leader and organization should strive towards. This book serves as a pivotal resource in encouraging the understanding and practice of leadership and highlights how good leadership is anchored in the rich philosophy and science of virtue. Through a diverse range of perspectives, the book highlights the importance of leading with virtue, unpacks what it means to be a virtuous leader, and outlines practical strategies for developing and practicing good leadership.Taking a virtues perspective, this cohesive collection of chapters by scholars from around the globe offers an inclusive tone and speaks to practicing and aspiring leaders worldwide. Readers are provided with a nuanced account of the nature of virtues and leadership and how the two interact on multiple levels and in multiple ways to inform the practice of good leadership. Focusing on the tradition of virtue gives this collection a robust scholarly foundation, while simultaneously providing scope for diverse views on how and why virtues inform good leadership. The book offers a balance of scholarly and practice-oriented chapters, instilling readers with a deep understanding of virtues and leadership, and practical strategies to develop their practice of good and virtuous leadership. Each chapter offers a different moral and sociological insight, serving altogether to show readers the most effective ways to use virtues to promote shared well-being and collective success.Scholars, students of leadership and management, and leadership practitioners will benefit from the accessible and practical lessons this book has to offer. This volume will also be of interest to team leaders and managers who are keen to develop their leadership skills in both practice and theory.

An invaluable contribution to the area of leadership studies, this handbook brings together renowned authors with diverse cultural, academic and practitioner backgrounds to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of all stages of the research process.

This book considers the limitations of current leadership research and practice, and provides suggestions for using evidence-based best practices for developing leadership in oneself and others.

This book considers the limitations of current leadership research and practice, and provides suggestions for using evidence-based best practices for developing leadership in oneself and others.

This volume brings together research from leading scholars with stories from women leaders, offering cutting edge perspectives and a guide for women to navigate their own journeys to impactful leadership.

This volume brings together research from leading scholars with stories from women leaders, offering cutting edge perspectives and a guide for women to navigate their own journeys to impactful leadership.

Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on interpersonal leaderΓÇôfollower relations. The book tackles the impact of distance ΓÇô physical, interpersonal and social ΓÇô on our organizations, governments and societies.

This book critically analyzes Clinton's role as a transformative leader of global influence, focusing on her use of "smart power" foreign policy techniques, advocacy for women's rights, and the future of women's political leadership.

This book critically analyzes Clinton's role as a transformative leader of global influence, focusing on her use of "smart power" foreign policy techniques, advocacy for women's rights, and the future of women's political leadership.

"This book will focus on leadership: what it is, how it works, and how you might take steps towards becoming a polymath leader. Leadership is a complex, paradoxical phenomenon that is nuanced, multi- layerd and mutli- dimensional . Good leadership does not come from a majic pill, but from hard work, discipline and focused practice"--

The Global Obama examines the president's image in five continents and more than twenty countries. It is the first book to look at Barack Obama's presidency and analyze how Obama and America are viewed by publics, governments, and political commentators around world. The author of Barack Obama in Hawaii and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President (Top 10 Black History Book) scaled the globe to gather opinions - cultural, historical, and political analyses - about Obama's leadership style. Writers, journalists, psychologists, consultants, and social scientists present their views on Obama's leadership, popularity, and many of the global challenges that still remain unresolved. As a progress report, this is the first book that tries to grasp 'the Obama phenomenon' in totality, as perceived by populations around the world with special focus on America's leadership in the 21st Century.

This edited volume explores different models, conceptualizations, and measures of leader interpersonal and influence "soft skills" that are so necessary for effective leadership. These include the communication skills, persuasion skills, political savvy, and emotional abilities used by leaders to inspire, motivate, and move followers toward the accomplishment of goals.

In this new volume in the Leadership: Research and Practice series , the editors and expert contributors provide a clearer understanding of the impact of gender on political leadership by examining the lives and careers of women who became heads of government.

In this new volume in the Leadership: Research and Practice series , the editors and expert contributors provide a clearer understanding of the impact of gender on political leadership by examining the lives and careers of women who became heads of government.

Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on interpersonal leader-follower relations. The book tackles the impact of distance - physical, interpersonal and social - on our organizations, governments and societies.