Management: leadership and motivation Books

Book SynopsisWomen as Global Leaders is the second volume in the new Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice book series published for the International Leadership Association by IAP. Global leadership is an emerging area of research, with only a small but growing published literature base. More specifically, the topic of women’s advances and adventures in leading within the global context is barely covered in the existing leadership literature. Although few women are serving in global leadership roles in corporate and non-profit arenas, and as heads of nations, that number is growing (e.g., Indira Nooyi at PepsiCo, Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook, Marissa Mayer at Yahoo, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as president of Liberia, Angela Merkel as chancellor of Germany).The purpose of this volume is to provide the reader with current conceptualizations and theory related to women as global leaders, recent empirical investigations of the phenomenon, analysis of effective global leadership development programs, and portraits of women who lead, or have led, in a global role. The volume is divided into four sections. The first section covers the state of women as global leaders, containing chapters by Joyce Osland and Nancy Adler, pioneers in the field of global and/or women’s leadership. The second section describes approaches to women’s global leadership. The third section offers an analysis of programs that are useful in developing women as global leaders, with the final section profiling women as global leaders, including Margaret Thatcher, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousfazai, and Golda Meir. As Barbara Kellerman noted in the Foreword, “this book...should be understood as a collection whose time has come, precisely because women now have opportunities to lead that are far more expansive than they were even in the recent past. Though their numbers remain low, they are able in some cases to exercise leadership not only as outsiders, but also as insiders, from the very positions of power and authority to which men forever have had access.”

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Book SynopsisLeadership is based in the craft of interacting with other people. This is a “how-to” book for learning the techniques of reflective practice in the action science / action inquiry tradition in order to develop and practice that craft. The book describes how to use various tools for off-line reflection and active experimentation in order to develop and practice the craft of leadership.

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Book SynopsisBecoming a Successful Executive Won't Require Spending Thousands on Training or Years Studying in a Degree Program!This book is about taking personal control of your management career by planning for your development outside of training sessions or university degree programs. Careers and organizations are changing rapidly so personalizing your own training and competency development is critical. Talent management is what your employer offers you but action learning in the workplace is building your own managerial competencies without losing a single day on the job. Use this book to spot your best learning opportunities within your current job and then learn how you can plan your job assignments to build valuable, portable, and job-relevant skills.Included in this book are self-evaluations for cognitive competence, virtual competence, emotional competence, cross-cultural competence, socialization competence, health competence, and competencies in spotting leadership differences and situational recognition.You will find sound applied strategies in each chapter for building these competencies into strengths that will further your career in management, such as: How Do I Know What Competencies I Need? What Are My Strengths and What Are My Weaknesses? How Do I Build Valuable Skills On-The-Job?

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Book SynopsisToday’s global, transparent, and often-turbulent economy requires a new world order in leadership. The business environment has forever changed and leaders have been caught flat-footed. Many experienced leaders and certainly newer leaders are ill prepared for the imposing regulatory environment and community activism that permeates oil and gas/energy, healthcare, financial services, pharmaceuticals and more. Pending changes in monetary policy, e.g. the IMF considering inclusion of the Yuan in the bucket of currencies, create waves across the global business world in a way that did not exist in past decades. Personal accountability and a demonstrated ability to hold leaders and employees to account are differentiators that can elevate corporate and non-profit success. Board directors are being held to a higher account by shareholders and their peers and thus are expected to govern management at higher levels. In the majority of situations, when leaders do not hold themselves and/or others to account, it is due to fear of change and/or a lack of confidence stemming from not knowing what strategies to apply successfully. In the minority of situations the lack of personal accountability stems from entitlement. Most leaders lack role models for this changed balance of power and are seeking to create a meaningful and effective leadership style that is not a clone of another, but uniquely fits them. Generational analysis has become tiresome and repetitive, offering little in the way of practical solutions. Leaders also need assistance to determine how to implement leadership practices that will benefit their organization, themselves, and the people who work for them. Experienced and newly appointed leaders are struggling to respond to the changing leadership landscape while also seeking to personally create an integrated life of which rewarding work is one part. Feet to the Fire provides a go-to book for leaders at all levels, providing a spine of personal accountability with practical wisdom balanced by optimism to inspire leaders as to what is possible in both their personal and professional lives.Feet to the Fire is constructed to appeal to a broad set of readers. It provides inspiring examples and practical tools to benefit a range of readers from business students, to first time managers, to C-suite executives and corporate and not for profit directors. The primary audience is CEOs, presidents, vice presidents, directors, managers and aspiring leaders across industries and from Fortune 500 to mid-sized firms. University students and aspiring leaders as well as non-profit CEOs will also form part of the primary audience. The secondary audience includes Fortune 100 executives who will share this book with their direct reports and CEOs leading $10M-$500M companies who will seize ideas and share this book with their leadership teams. The motivation of this secondary audience in sharing this book, will be in part, to address the talent gap and lack of readiness of executive successors, a known gap particularly in mid-sized North American firms.This book provides an amalgamation of what the author does and has done, what the author has observed in Fortune 500 companies, privately held firms, mid-cap businesses, and not for profit organizations. Drawing on real life examples from energy/oil and gas, financial services, professional services, world-class technology firms, mining, retail, healthcare, and more, industry agnostic practices are highlighted of both individual leaders and teams. Through the experience, mistakes, and successes of these examples, this book will guide leaders to successfully navigate their personal and professional journeys, elevating themselves and their organization’s performance and results.

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Book SynopsisWe live with change. The losing sports team makes changes to become a winning team through the consistent and persistent application of proven principles applied pragmatically. The sports team trains differently, skills up, varies the plays and nurtures the players, brings new leadership, and takes time to resolve issues. The winning team comes from the emergent behavior of empowered emotional individuals who have ownership. They have pride in who they are and what they do and are prepared to do things differently, because their interests and values are aligned. The leadership works best when they are the change they wished to see and treated others as they themselves would be treated. Similarly, with COVID-19, where the environment was changed, behaviors were instilled, and outcomes were achieved. Having people want to do things differently was key to containing and living with COVID-19. Both the sports team and COVID-19 show how sustainable change is achieved. These same principles apply to the adoption and adaption of businesses to change whether it is driven by technology, cost savings, or regulatory. Sustainable change comes through having people do things differently and an overarching approach for crafting and shaping the required emergent behaviors is included within this book. A hands-on approach “fixing the pipes and helping people” is also provided within this book to enable the emotional empowered ownership required for change to support “I do Good Work, Change is Coming, Help Me with the Change, and I can do More”.

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Book SynopsisThis book will be written for leaders and teams desiring to understand and improve team dynamics, performance and effectiveness in order to improve their chances of achieving success in set goals. Emotion is what directs our interaction. It literally moves us to action. To properly manage it requires one to be self-aware of emotions, understand emotions of others and know how to use the Emotional Connection process or EmC. Emotional connection is the most powerful motivational force in our brain. Research shows that when teams are emotionally connected they work better, collaborate, and solve challenges together. No matter what the goal is, the execution becomes much easier, better, and more effective if it is done with an emotionally connected team. This book outlines the process, skills, and techniques one needs to master to maintain and nurture the emotional connection. Secure bonds help people to grow and achieve amazing goals because as human beings, we thrive in secure bonding environments.

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Book SynopsisThe main objectives of this workbook are to help the readers to identify their strengths, interests, and priorities in order to take ownership of their life and career decisions. This workbook gives the reader a framework to reflect on several questions that are becoming increasingly important among the 21st-century leaders - how to create an authentic leadership style, how to define one's values, and how to align vision-values-career.Readers are given an extensive number of tools for defining their purpose, creating a plan and are being encouraged to take it into action. The core of the workbook is the development of a personal plan, namely "Leader's Journal", very similar to a "business plan" for a venture. Through various exercises, the readers will be able to identify career opportunities aligned with other personal objectives while addressing conflicting goals that appear often in demanding careers.The main target audience of this workbook is first time and mid-level managers, recent graduates and newly established entrepreneurs looking for tools to create a roadmap for their life and career planning. To the Authors' best understanding, business education publishers offer a limited selection of classroom resources for personal and career development courses. Generally, articles and self-help books are fully focused on a topic, however, this workbook would link and cover all the main themes related to personal and career development comprehensively looking at readers' life and work from a helicopter view. The workbook will not only be useful for self-development but will also be relevant for coaches, mentors; trainers who help others achieve their aspirations.

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Book SynopsisC-level executives down to front line supervisors often wrestle with how to tackle the issues, dilemmas and problems that face them. Most strive to influence visible behaviour with rewards and punishments. Fewer use logic and evidence in the attempt to influence others. Far fewer understand that our semi-conscious or pre-conscious Values, Assumptions, Beliefs and Expectations about the way the world is or in their minds should be (VABEs) "trump" solid evidence and rewards in the way people make big, even life changing, decisions. People by the billions worldwide decide in favor of their VABEs over rewards/punishments and evidence.

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Book SynopsisManaging for Accountability: A Business Leader's Toolbox contains everything business owners and managers need to hire, inspire, manage, and retain accountable, high performing, engaged employees who invest one hundred percent in their jobs. This practical guide offers field-tested tools, strategies, and proven tactics for locating, developing and managing motivated, engaged, committed employees focused on performance, productivity, and results.Curry details pragmatic strategies that succeed despite the pandemic and that work effectively with all employees, whether they're top talent, those who occasionally falter, or come from diverse backgrounds and generations. If you want to create a culture of accountability in your workplace and develop high-performing teams that lead your business to unparalleled levels of success, you will want this invaluable resource close at hand. This is must read for every leader, owner, or manager.

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Book SynopsisDistilled from accounts of individual best boss stories, research and author experience, this book unlocks the powerful secrets of best boss leadership by providing a systemic approach for leading the best boss way. The authors also suggest strategies for reducing organizational barriers to successful leadership development. This book is offered for those who are looking to make a meaningful leadership difference in this challenging and chaotic world. It will inspire you to become the best possible boss you can be!

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Book SynopsisHealthcare organizations cry out for a toll to decrease untoward events and bridge the communication gap between professional clinical teams and clients. Discover how to guide your team to creatively problem-solve, build emotional and social intelligence, increase workplace safety and employee retention, and guarantee client satisfaction with the results-don't-lie Improv to Improve Healthcare system.

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Book SynopsisDiscover and practice the skills for your next career advancement.Fast Forward Your Career is for managers and Master students who want to learn the necessary skills to successfully progress in their career. You will: Change your mindset and learn the skills to face the current uncertainty such as the ability to coach, create trust, find your purpose, act with emotional intelligence. Learn team management and communication techniques to boost effectiveness. Observe the skills in practice thanks to the realistic storytelling complementing the theoretical deep-dives. Get tips of true Leadership from successful Executives. Understand the foundation of the Science of Happiness and its application at work. Practice new skills, challenge your perspective, rump-up your effectiveness, and fast-forward your career!Trade ReviewIn Fast Forward Your Career, Simonetta and Lucio present an engaging Business Management narrative on leadership – both the latest theories and practical implementations. They offer a framework for success told through real life examples, (and great characters) showing what managers and executives must do to become emotionally intelligent and successful leaders. Thoroughly enjoyable and a go to for me in future assignments. Effective, easy, and relevant. This book is a practical guide to develop key, interdisciplinary skills for the Leaders of tomorrow. Read, apply, and progress in your career.

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Book SynopsisLeaders in the digital era are faced with breaking into new markets, disrupting existing ones, and doing so with more precision than ever before just to keep up with their competitors. To innovate more quickly, to rapidly experiment with ideas and technology, to pivot seemingly overnight, you need to have a system in place that can help you execute your most ambitious strategy. While OKRs (Objective and Key Results) have made huge waves recently, practical implementation of OKRs remains elusive for many.Lean OKRs are the evolved version of the OKR strategy execution tool that has powered the transformational journeys of giants like Google and Facebook. It is the lightweight method that turns good ideas into great execution, heightens employee engagement, aligns teams, and achieves measurable, breakthrough results. Lean OKRs presents insightful anecdotes, creative exercises, clear figures and step-by-step models.Designed as a comprehensive guide, it covers everything from theoretical roots to practical execution, including company-wide strategy alignment and emotional management. Applicable to small companies as well as large organizations, Lean OKRs drives innovation through behavioral changes, empowering and motivating teams through focused daily OKR practices that are simple to put into action. Practical and to the point, this book integrates a unique combination of structural and leadership strategies, resulting in a new approach to OKRs that conquers the hurdles experienced by most business leaders today.

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Book SynopsisHow do you get your team members to exercise appropriate independent judgment? How do you get employees to be more accountable for their actions? Leaders need team members to be empowered and proactive post COVID-19. What are the roadblocks? How are they overcome? Most books on employee empowerment bypass two critical relationships: the employment compact and the jobholder and their job. These two relationships hold the key to unlocking employee empowerment. This breakthrough book is for leaders who want to maximize performance through empowerment. It offers a new approach and practical strategies to energize employees to exercise their initiative when needed and be accountable for their actions. A proactive employee is engaged in their job and can confidently make decisions without overly relying on their manager.

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Book SynopsisAsk not what AI can do for a company, rather what artificial intelligence may do to a company. How does a company successfully integrate artificial intelligence into its operations? What are the problems in doing so? And how does the introduction of AI into society change the answer to the first question? As companies delay or even cancel initiatives in artificial intelligence, Four Laws for the Artificially Intelligent redefines possibilities and offers leverage to turn AI visions into reality. It is a story of transformation: of people, of companies, and of artificial intelligence itself.The Four Laws is unique in its combination of stories and science illustrating how a technology competing with human consciousness is introduced and assimilated within a company. A work of creative nonfiction stretched on a frame of research, it is an essential trail guide for navigating the Industry Version 4.0 jungle in a search of the fruits of innovation.

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Book SynopsisThis book is for pathfinders— product, services, business, and nonprofit managers searching for ways to reach beyond the artificial barriers that constrain innovation and make "work" harder. Inspired by real life trailblazers and their own experiences, the authors decode the secrets of achieving breakthrough success at both organizational and interpersonal levels. Learn to use their methodology with the help of checklists and detailed examples that will transform your thinking and skills.

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Book SynopsisSuccess isn't about the race to the top or having to prove you're good enough. It's about carving out a path of personal discoveries and career accomplishments without focusing on promotions, prestige, or status.Burning Ladders. Building Bridges. recognizes it's what you learn along the journey and who you surround yourself with that defines success. Patterson is an empathetic guide who navigates the complicated road ahead. He takes you from where you are now to where you want to go, bypassing traditional workplace games. He reveals how to put people at the center of your pursuit and connect to the heart of what matters most.Patterson challenges today's status quo and motivates you to take ownership, control your destiny, and discover untapped potential. He dispels common myths and offers practical steps to enhance job skills that build mutually beneficial relationships. Patterson encourages the development of strong leadership attributes to help you make a unique difference. Achieving impactful results isn't about what you do; it's about who you are when you're doing it.Whether you're getting started or an experienced professional contemplating higher levels of satisfaction, Patterson provides a convincing approach to meaningful growth no matter your career development stage. A must-read if you're seeking change through deeper engagement in yourself and others.

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Book SynopsisDespite how much is written about strategy, and money spent on it, reports of chronic failures persist. Two causes dominate. Strategy is still not fully defined and strategy practice is still largely based on a planned view of the world. Change and innovation, however, are not wholly planned but emerge from the myriad interactions of the players involved—some by design, many not. This science of complex adaptive systems must provide the bedrock on which strategy is built.The Emergent Approach to Strategy is the first book to derive the definition, theory, and practice of strategy from adaptive systems. Aimed at corporate business and functional leaders, but broadly applicable, the approach includes an agile method for strategy framework design that replaces familiar stepwise "chevron" methods and presents new tests of strategy called the Five Disqualifiers. This book offers no promise of easy "transformations." Change and innovation are hard, sometimes ugly, with no guarantees. But with the right principles and discipline, organizations can efficiently raise the probability of success.

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Book SynopsisThere are books about product and companies but no books about a company as a product.The Vice Chair arrives from orbit around a corporation with a doctrine of leadership without authority for business warriors who reject control, live in a world of influencers, and aspire to become one.Process and culture converge as competitive advantage by refashioning priorities for Industry 4.0 through unorthodox lenses in a no holds-barred treatment of influence and leverage complete with coaching, mantras, and essential tales of leadership. Competitive action is focused through design thinking and transformation within a social system. A greater metamorphosis combines personal development with management of a company as though it were a product, leading to culture, branding, and innovation in the form of actionable values.

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Book SynopsisDon't get stuck!Too many smart and well-educated young professionals struggle growing and finding success simply because they lack powerful insights on how to address the main root causes of slow growth. The Road to Champagne empowers professionals everywhere—including you—to accelerate career growth by clearly presenting how to remove such root causes. The logical framework consists of 13 principles; each one illustrated by real events and supported by practical actions to help you embed them in your life.This pragmatic career guide is perfect for any professional with room to grow; hence, it will help: Those starting their career including students, recent grads, and those who are several years into their career More seasoned professionals with untapped growth potential "The Road to Champagne is the ultimate tool guide to understanding how you can achieve your next steps, with actionable and powerful advice to navigate you through the process!" according to award-winning Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, one of the world's leading executive educators, coaches, and New York Times #1 bestselling author.Cheers to your many upcoming career achievements, you are about to turbocharge your drive to success!

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Book SynopsisGoing far beyond a purely rational-structural way of looking at change in organizations, this book contributes well researched insights into often-overlooked organizational blind spots.The authors share their own experiences in clear and accessible language, exploring recovery from cumulative crises; nostalgia and postalgia; victimization of leaders; dealing with narcissistic leaders; and a writing process for reducing anxiety through self-reflection.Anyone who works in an organization—large or small—will gain new perspectives on the most difficult challenge of all: understanding human behavior in times of change.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Digital is the Most Critical Skill of the DecadeEvery business is a digital business and understanding digital is probably the most critical skill of the decade, as the pandemic has accelerated the journey to digital work and lifestyles.Digital includes design, data, and numerous technologies, from APIs to Blockchain and from Cloud to Artificial Intelligence, and it can be daunting for non-technology people to work through the concepts as well as all the jargon. We can't all be experts on these areas but for most of us, whatever our profession, doing digital is no longer optional.This book will give you both a conceptual framework to understand digital, as well as an execution model (Connect-Quantify-Optimize) to actually do digital, in a simple and engaging way.

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Book SynopsisBridge the Knowledge GapDo you have what it takes to build agile, successful teams? Pursue mergers that transform? Are you solving the right problems for efficiency and growth? Do you want to leverage your mission for large-scale social change? Does your Board have a shared vision for innovation?Discover the critical lessons of success with 11 Secrets of Nonprofit Excellence in this step-by-step executive guide: Build effective, enthusiastic teams Deploy tech to boost revenues and quality Launch profitable micro businesses Negotiate game-changing legislative outcomes Design and implement dynamic strategic plans 11 Secrets offers practical stories, disciplines, data, and humor in an empowering blueprint for achieving excellence in any organization. The book addresses the resource gap for navigating non-profit growth and innovative tech solutions. Deftly weaving vignettes from the author's successful careers in international publishing and nonprofits, 11 Secrets introduces real-life encounters with notables such as Muhammad Ali to unlock valuable secrets of quality, excellence, and mission advancement. 11 Secrets lends itself to powerful coaching and winning outcomes for start-ups, non-profits, Boards and leaders, cross sector.Trade ReviewPeter Drucker first identified the importance of studying non-profit management. 'No Margin, No Mission' is one famous quote. Nonprofits are by far the largest employer group in the US, and they are the original laboratory for managing knowledge workers. Kathleen Stauffer has added valuable insights to the store of knowledge in this field. Ms. Stauffer's 11 Secrets lives in the real-world of experience, and I find that her insights are also relevant to some of the startups that I work with. Kathleen Stauffer has written the blueprint for creating, managing and advancing a successful and thriving non-profit. Really, if you have a business of any kind this book is a must-read. The strategies in this book will not only take you to the top but will keep you there." - David Perozzi, Senior Producer, CNN

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Book SynopsisThis book is for leaders, those who aspire to be leaders, and all employees who desire to take their performance to a higher level.Do you have the Power Skills needed to achieve the level of success you desire? Power Skills are a top asset in today's ever-changing workplace. This book reveals Power Skills that promote accountability and how to think and act effectively for success.But this book does far more. It describes Power Skills that, if taught and nurtured to all employees of an organization or company, will result in the organization continuously and holistically evolving. Adopting these Power Skills can lead to exceptional performance both for individuals and for their organizations.Power Skills discussed include: break the rules occasionally, never avoid necessary confrontation, think for yourself, manage daily to your top three priorities, routinely practice boldness and courage, decide who you chose to be, be a good actor, and so much more. I welcome you to come along for a potentially transformative and game-changing ride in your personal pursuit of the adventure called life.

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Book SynopsisTalent management (TM) and talent development (TD) are of the most important areas of focus for organizational leaders and scholars around the world (Machado, 2015). Geographic boundaries have become increasingly permeable, with talent considerations being a key factor in the decision of where organizations locate their operations (Farndale, Scullion, & Sparrow, 2010). These changes in global market conditions have lead organizations to develop robust global talent management and development strategies that help organizations attract and retain the best talent (Nilsson & Ellström, 2012). Still, most international TM and TD initiatives can be described as ad hoc, non-strategic, or based on exported models from the West (Machado, 2015).From an operational perspective, although there is a surge in research on TM and TD practices across different regions, most of what we know about these topics is based on government and practitioners’ reports. Nowadays, organizations are operating in diverse environments catalyzed by globalization, economic openness, and governmental smart visions and practical policies. Governments and organizations alike, are aspiring to become talent magnet destination, attracting expatriates from all over the world. The question we try to answer in this book is whether entities are able to continue their growth through current TM and TD practices or whether a more strategic approach is needed in order to address the current TM and TD challenges and to meet the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments.In particular, in this book we provide different perspectives of current status of TM and TD practices in select countries across the world. Our aim is to provide scholars and practitioners interested in the topic with a better understanding of TM and TD practices, and an overview of factors that affect these practices. Once we understand the different challenges, practitioners and leaders can use TM and TD as a source of power, or a strategy, that can lead people and organizations into success.Table of Contents Foreword. Acknowledgments. Talent Development in International Contexts, Khalil M. Dirani, Fredrick Nafukho, and Beverly Irby. Part I: European Perspective. Talent Development in the United Kingdom, David McGuire, Indravidoushi Dusoye, Thomas N. Garavan, and Hussain Alhejji. Workforce Development in Germany: Systems, Structures, and Processes of the Dual System, K. Peter Kuchinke. Talent Management and Development in the Russian Federation, Alexandre Ardichvili and Elena Zavyalova. Part II: Asian Perspective. Talent Development in Non-State and Joint-Venture Enterprises in Vietnam, Huyen Thi Minh Van. Talent Development and Management Practices in South Korea: A Global Conglomerate Case, Seung Won Yoon, Doo Hun Lim, Chan Kyun Park, and Heh Youn Shin. Talent Management Best Practices: Harnessing the Dragon for Competitive Advantage, Marie A. Valentin and Celestino Valentin. Part III: African And Mena Perspective. A Proposed Workforce Development Planning Model in Ethiopia, Gemechu Waktola Olana and Ronald L. Jacobs. One Chance to Make a Global Impact Through Local Development: A Review of Pakistan’s National Talent Development Policies, Shaista E. Khilji and Muhammad Sohail Khan. Talent Development and Management: Exploring the Rhetoric and Reality in Lebanon, Hayfaa Tlaiss, Khalil M. Dirani, and Chrisitine Silva Hamie. Part IV: The Americas. Varying Cultural Influences on International Virtual Teams in Emerging Economies: Case Studies of a U.S. Multinational Company in Romania and Costa Rica, Carol B. Packard. About the Editors. About the Contributors.

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Book SynopsisTalent management (TM) and talent development (TD) are of the most important areas of focus for organizational leaders and scholars around the world (Machado, 2015). Geographic boundaries have become increasingly permeable, with talent considerations being a key factor in the decision of where organizations locate their operations (Farndale, Scullion, & Sparrow, 2010). These changes in global market conditions have lead organizations to develop robust global talent management and development strategies that help organizations attract and retain the best talent (Nilsson & Ellström, 2012). Still, most international TM and TD initiatives can be described as ad hoc, non-strategic, or based on exported models from the West (Machado, 2015).From an operational perspective, although there is a surge in research on TM and TD practices across different regions, most of what we know about these topics is based on government and practitioners’ reports. Nowadays, organizations are operating in diverse environments catalyzed by globalization, economic openness, and governmental smart visions and practical policies. Governments and organizations alike, are aspiring to become talent magnet destination, attracting expatriates from all over the world. The question we try to answer in this book is whether entities are able to continue their growth through current TM and TD practices or whether a more strategic approach is needed in order to address the current TM and TD challenges and to meet the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments.In particular, in this book we provide different perspectives of current status of TM and TD practices in select countries across the world. Our aim is to provide scholars and practitioners interested in the topic with a better understanding of TM and TD practices, and an overview of factors that affect these practices. Once we understand the different challenges, practitioners and leaders can use TM and TD as a source of power, or a strategy, that can lead people and organizations into success.Table of Contents Foreword. Acknowledgments. Talent Development in International Contexts, Khalil M. Dirani, Fredrick Nafukho, and Beverly Irby. Part I: European Perspective. Talent Development in the United Kingdom, David McGuire, Indravidoushi Dusoye, Thomas N. Garavan, and Hussain Alhejji. Workforce Development in Germany: Systems, Structures, and Processes of the Dual System, K. Peter Kuchinke. Talent Management and Development in the Russian Federation, Alexandre Ardichvili and Elena Zavyalova. Part II: Asian Perspective. Talent Development in Non-State and Joint-Venture Enterprises in Vietnam, Huyen Thi Minh Van. Talent Development and Management Practices in South Korea: A Global Conglomerate Case, Seung Won Yoon, Doo Hun Lim, Chan Kyun Park, and Heh Youn Shin. Talent Management Best Practices: Harnessing the Dragon for Competitive Advantage, Marie A. Valentin and Celestino Valentin. Part III: African And Mena Perspective. A Proposed Workforce Development Planning Model in Ethiopia, Gemechu Waktola Olana and Ronald L. Jacobs. One Chance to Make a Global Impact Through Local Development: A Review of Pakistan’s National Talent Development Policies, Shaista E. Khilji and Muhammad Sohail Khan. Talent Development and Management: Exploring the Rhetoric and Reality in Lebanon, Hayfaa Tlaiss, Khalil M. Dirani, and Chrisitine Silva Hamie. Part IV: The Americas. Varying Cultural Influences on International Virtual Teams in Emerging Economies: Case Studies of a U.S. Multinational Company in Romania and Costa Rica, Carol B. Packard. About the Editors. About the Contributors.

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Book SynopsisThe Asia-Pacific region has rich and unique traditions, cultural diversity and common as well as unique challenges, including obstacles of language and geographical separation. As home to over 60 per cent of the world's population, this region has a diverse range of educational issues, which have not as yet been fully explored. This ground-breaking volume considers current perspectives on educational diversity, challenges and changes occurring across a number of countries in the region and provides a closer look at these complexities.Focus has been given to the influence and impact that these complexities are having on policy and practice in leadership, governance and administration structures. Who has been given the agency? What kinds of power currents are in play? What are the hidden political enablers and disablers in these narratives? The authors of chapters in this series have presented some solid examples of what is currently happening, the discourse that is emerging around it, the effects of these changes and their impact within the region. While some of these narratives are a synthesis of literature and policy, other chapters have focused on findings from empirical studies being conducted in this space.As a timely collection of works from active researchers in Education, the book supports and encourages the importance of on-going educational research within the Asia-Pacific region The findings in this book have been drawn from original and current research which is anticipated as being a valuable academic reference as well as a teaching resource in the field of Education. This volume will be beneficial to students and academics of Education around the world as well as a useful reference to educational academics, researchers, policy-makers and administrators across the Asia-Pacific region.Table of Contents Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Problematizing Leadership, Governance, and Administration in the Asia-Pacific Region, Philip Wing Keung Chan. PART I: LEADERSHIP. Globalizing Educational Leadership Development in the Asia Pacific Region. Venesser Fernandes. Educational Leadership in Australia: Commonalities and Contestation, Jane Wilkinson and Jeffrey S. Brooks. School Leadership in Singapore, Salleh Hairon. Educational Leadership Development in the Pacific, Narsamma Lingam and Govinda Ishwar Lingam. Modelling a Transformational Rights- Based Approach to Indigenous Australian Youth Leadership Development, Venesser Fernandes, Lucas Walsh, and David Zyngier. PART II: GOVERNANCE. Education Governance in the Asia- Pacific Region: Exceptionalism, Continuity, and Change, Sue Webb. Dynamics that Impede and Facilitate Educational Effectiveness in the Philippines, Melanie C. Brooks and Jeffrey S. Brooks. Globalization, Policy Borrowing, and Education Governance: Taking Stock of the Higher Education Policies of China’s Hong Kong in the First Two Decades, Beatrice Y. Y. Dang and Hei-hang Hayes Tang. Paved With Nostalgia? Issues of Educational Policies and Governance in Japan, Eisuke Saito. The Changing Governance of Education in Greater China, Philip Wing Keung Chan. PART III: ADMINISTRATION. Conceptualizing Educational Administration in Diverse Contexts, Lucas Walsh. Local and Global “Congeries” Shaping Educational Administration in India, Mousumi Mukherjee and Kumar Suresh. Disrupting the Norm? Implementing Educational Business Improvement Models in Pakistani Public–Private School Partnerships, Venesser Fernandes. Educational Administration in Bangladesh: Decentralization Under Centrality, Ariful H. Kabir and Khairul Islam. Local Variations in Decentralized Educational Administrations in Indonesia, Agus Mutohar. About the Contributors.

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Book SynopsisThe Asia-Pacific region has rich and unique traditions, cultural diversity and common as well as unique challenges, including obstacles of language and geographical separation. As home to over 60 per cent of the world's population, this region has a diverse range of educational issues, which have not as yet been fully explored. This ground-breaking volume considers current perspectives on educational diversity, challenges and changes occurring across a number of countries in the region and provides a closer look at these complexities.Focus has been given to the influence and impact that these complexities are having on policy and practice in leadership, governance and administration structures. Who has been given the agency? What kinds of power currents are in play? What are the hidden political enablers and disablers in these narratives? The authors of chapters in this series have presented some solid examples of what is currently happening, the discourse that is emerging around it, the effects of these changes and their impact within the region. While some of these narratives are a synthesis of literature and policy, other chapters have focused on findings from empirical studies being conducted in this space.As a timely collection of works from active researchers in Education, the book supports and encourages the importance of on-going educational research within the Asia-Pacific region The findings in this book have been drawn from original and current research which is anticipated as being a valuable academic reference as well as a teaching resource in the field of Education. This volume will be beneficial to students and academics of Education around the world as well as a useful reference to educational academics, researchers, policy-makers and administrators across the Asia-Pacific region.Table of Contents Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Problematizing Leadership, Governance, and Administration in the Asia-Pacific Region, Philip Wing Keung Chan. PART I: LEADERSHIP. Globalizing Educational Leadership Development in the Asia Pacific Region. Venesser Fernandes. Educational Leadership in Australia: Commonalities and Contestation, Jane Wilkinson and Jeffrey S. Brooks. School Leadership in Singapore, Salleh Hairon. Educational Leadership Development in the Pacific, Narsamma Lingam and Govinda Ishwar Lingam. Modelling a Transformational Rights- Based Approach to Indigenous Australian Youth Leadership Development, Venesser Fernandes, Lucas Walsh, and David Zyngier. PART II: GOVERNANCE. Education Governance in the Asia- Pacific Region: Exceptionalism, Continuity, and Change, Sue Webb. Dynamics that Impede and Facilitate Educational Effectiveness in the Philippines, Melanie C. Brooks and Jeffrey S. Brooks. Globalization, Policy Borrowing, and Education Governance: Taking Stock of the Higher Education Policies of China’s Hong Kong in the First Two Decades, Beatrice Y. Y. Dang and Hei-hang Hayes Tang. Paved With Nostalgia? Issues of Educational Policies and Governance in Japan, Eisuke Saito. The Changing Governance of Education in Greater China, Philip Wing Keung Chan. PART III: ADMINISTRATION. Conceptualizing Educational Administration in Diverse Contexts, Lucas Walsh. Local and Global “Congeries” Shaping Educational Administration in India, Mousumi Mukherjee and Kumar Suresh. Disrupting the Norm? Implementing Educational Business Improvement Models in Pakistani Public–Private School Partnerships, Venesser Fernandes. Educational Administration in Bangladesh: Decentralization Under Centrality, Ariful H. Kabir and Khairul Islam. Local Variations in Decentralized Educational Administrations in Indonesia, Agus Mutohar. About the Contributors.

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Book SynopsisIn the Foreword to The Dialogical Challenge of Leadership Development, eminent scholar Ken Gergen shrewdly points to dialogue as an optimal tool for organizational communication in the 21st Century. Gergen’s comment serves as a quintessential backdrop of the book you are about to read. Dialogical practice is no longer a distant option for organizational leaders to passively consider. Instead, it has become an indispensable tool for leaders who understand the critical significance of relational influence and sustainability for navigating today’s increasingly complex and wicked organizational and societal challenges. Thanks to the wide-ranging talent and varied perspectives of leading scholars and seasoned practitioners from around the globe who graciously contributed to this volume, The Dialogical Challenge of Leadership Development offers compelling evidence that - whether they arise from Brazilian favelas or the world’s largest corporate boardrooms - the challenges which leaders face on a daily basis can be effectively addressed through dialogical practice.

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Book SynopsisIn the Foreword to The Dialogical Challenge of Leadership Development, eminent scholar Ken Gergen shrewdly points to dialogue as an optimal tool for organizational communication in the 21st Century. Gergen’s comment serves as a quintessential backdrop of the book you are about to read. Dialogical practice is no longer a distant option for organizational leaders to passively consider. Instead, it has become an indispensable tool for leaders who understand the critical significance of relational influence and sustainability for navigating today’s increasingly complex and wicked organizational and societal challenges. Thanks to the wide-ranging talent and varied perspectives of leading scholars and seasoned practitioners from around the globe who graciously contributed to this volume, The Dialogical Challenge of Leadership Development offers compelling evidence that - whether they arise from Brazilian favelas or the world’s largest corporate boardrooms - the challenges which leaders face on a daily basis can be effectively addressed through dialogical practice.

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Book SynopsisAs the inaugural issue in the Leadership for School Improvement (LSI) Special Interest Group (SIG) Book Series, this volume serves as a reflection on the foundations of the field of school improvement. Contents include connections between school improvement and the agency of principals, districts, universities, and policy. This volume will be placed in the school improvement literature with examinations of evolution, trends, policies, and future foci in the field of school improvement. This book is rich in research and literature about school improvement, school effectiveness, and school reform policy and implementation and thus holds significance for educational practitioners, scholars, and policy makers at all levels.

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Book SynopsisAs the inaugural issue in the Leadership for School Improvement (LSI) Special Interest Group (SIG) Book Series, this volume serves as a reflection on the foundations of the field of school improvement. Contents include connections between school improvement and the agency of principals, districts, universities, and policy. This volume will be placed in the school improvement literature with examinations of evolution, trends, policies, and future foci in the field of school improvement. This book is rich in research and literature about school improvement, school effectiveness, and school reform policy and implementation and thus holds significance for educational practitioners, scholars, and policy makers at all levels.

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Book SynopsisAs epitomized in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, women in politics may hit a “glass ceiling” or in the case of former U.K. Prime Minister, Theresa May in 2019, go over a “glass cliff”. Even though women are starting to experience more success gaining offices at state and local levels, women’s participation in the political arena is still disproportionately low. This book explores current research findings, development practices, theory, and the lived experience to deliver provocative thinking that enhances leadership knowledge and improves leadership development of women around the world.Table of Contents Foreword, Judith S. White. Preface PART I: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY FRAMEWORKS. “History isno longer just a chronicle of kings and statesmen, of people who wielded power, but of ordinary women and men engaged inmanifold tasks. Women’s history is an assertion that women have a history.”—Toshiko Kishida, Japanese feminist 1862–1901. Transformational Aspects of Political Leadership, Janet McNellis and Linda Haskins. Barriers and Solutions to Increasing the Participation of Women in Political Decision Making: A Transatlantic Comparison, Lora Berg, Brenda Choresi Carter, CorinnaHörst, Matilda Flemming, Danielle Najjar, and Shubhangi Shukla. Women and Power: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture, Karina Gil and Taniko King-Jordan. The Significance of Health Promotions and Work-Life Balance for Women in Politics, Robin Geiger and Linda Haskins. PART II: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS. “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”—Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia. Women and Political Leadership in Africa, Nancy Annan. Participation of Women In Politics and Leadership in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects, Mike Ushe. Women and Political Leadership in Mali and Niger, Hassana Alidou and Aminata Maiga. The Pathway to Political Leadership: Experiences of Women in Uganda, Joshua Mugambwa, Bernadette Sibetya Naggayi, and Bridget Namubiru. Women With Disabilities and Political Parties in Southern Africa, Tafadzwa Rugoho, Christine Peta, and France Maphosa. Australian Indigenous Women and Political Leadership, Michelle Deshong and Michelle Evans. Women in Politics in Europe: From Good Intentions to Sustainable Change, Claudia de Castro Caldeirinha and Tania Latici. Media Discourses of Women in Politics in Canada, 2011–2017: The Ecstasy and the Agony, Wendy Cukier, Ruby Latif, and Charity-Ann Hannan. PART III: PERSONAL IS POLITICAL—EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS. “Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are … Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be—what kind of legacy that we want to pass on.”—Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. Utah Legislature: Sacrifice, Serendipity, and Service, Rebecca Chavez-Houck. Maryland State Senate: The Oath and the Office, Mary Beth Carozza. Women Mayors in U.S. Cities: Leading Authentically and Ethically, Iris DeLoach Johnson, Melissa Hawthorne, Michael Chikeleze, Melissa Johnsey Seaman, and Emmanuel Clottey. A Mayor’s Tool Box: Berne’s Ego System,Karpman’s Drama Triangle, and Assertiveness Training, Kay Barnes. This Little Piggie Went to Washington: An Analysis ofJoni Ernst’s 2014 Campaign and the Gendered Electoral Process, Kristian Spencer and Joan L. Conners. Angela Merkel: Leadership Hausfrau-Style, Matt Qvortrup. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisAs epitomized in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, women in politics may hit a “glass ceiling” or in the case of former U.K. Prime Minister, Theresa May in 2019, go over a “glass cliff”. Even though women are starting to experience more success gaining offices at state and local levels, women’s participation in the political arena is still disproportionately low. This book explores current research findings, development practices, theory, and the lived experience to deliver provocative thinking that enhances leadership knowledge and improves leadership development of women around the world.Table of Contents Foreword, Judith S. White. Preface PART I: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY FRAMEWORKS. “History isno longer just a chronicle of kings and statesmen, of people who wielded power, but of ordinary women and men engaged inmanifold tasks. Women’s history is an assertion that women have a history.”—Toshiko Kishida, Japanese feminist 1862–1901. Transformational Aspects of Political Leadership, Janet McNellis and Linda Haskins. Barriers and Solutions to Increasing the Participation of Women in Political Decision Making: A Transatlantic Comparison, Lora Berg, Brenda Choresi Carter, CorinnaHörst, Matilda Flemming, Danielle Najjar, and Shubhangi Shukla. Women and Power: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture, Karina Gil and Taniko King-Jordan. The Significance of Health Promotions and Work-Life Balance for Women in Politics, Robin Geiger and Linda Haskins. PART II: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS. “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”—Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia. Women and Political Leadership in Africa, Nancy Annan. Participation of Women In Politics and Leadership in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects, Mike Ushe. Women and Political Leadership in Mali and Niger, Hassana Alidou and Aminata Maiga. The Pathway to Political Leadership: Experiences of Women in Uganda, Joshua Mugambwa, Bernadette Sibetya Naggayi, and Bridget Namubiru. Women With Disabilities and Political Parties in Southern Africa, Tafadzwa Rugoho, Christine Peta, and France Maphosa. Australian Indigenous Women and Political Leadership, Michelle Deshong and Michelle Evans. Women in Politics in Europe: From Good Intentions to Sustainable Change, Claudia de Castro Caldeirinha and Tania Latici. Media Discourses of Women in Politics in Canada, 2011–2017: The Ecstasy and the Agony, Wendy Cukier, Ruby Latif, and Charity-Ann Hannan. PART III: PERSONAL IS POLITICAL—EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS. “Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are … Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be—what kind of legacy that we want to pass on.”—Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. Utah Legislature: Sacrifice, Serendipity, and Service, Rebecca Chavez-Houck. Maryland State Senate: The Oath and the Office, Mary Beth Carozza. Women Mayors in U.S. Cities: Leading Authentically and Ethically, Iris DeLoach Johnson, Melissa Hawthorne, Michael Chikeleze, Melissa Johnsey Seaman, and Emmanuel Clottey. A Mayor’s Tool Box: Berne’s Ego System,Karpman’s Drama Triangle, and Assertiveness Training, Kay Barnes. This Little Piggie Went to Washington: An Analysis ofJoni Ernst’s 2014 Campaign and the Gendered Electoral Process, Kristian Spencer and Joan L. Conners. Angela Merkel: Leadership Hausfrau-Style, Matt Qvortrup. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisIn this companion manual to The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning, this text was developed to fill a significant resource gap in leadership education. In response to this gap, as well as leadership educators’ call for professional development related to teaching and learning, this text is grounded in the college teaching and leadership education literature. Filled with 60 learning activities for diverse contributors, this book offers a hands-on resource for leadership educators to use when facilitating leadership learning opportunities.Each learning activity includes learning outcomes, activity instructions, facilitation notes, and additional resources offered by the author. The text is organized by the pedagogical methods covered in The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning. Pedagogical methods covered include Discussion, Case Studies, Reflection, Team-Based Learning, Service Learning, Self- and Peer-Assessments, Role-Play, Simulation, Games, and Art. Each chapter contains six learning activities for each pedagogical method, four focused in instructional strategies (curricular, co-curricular, technology-enhanced, followership-focused) and two in learning assessment strategies (curricular and co-curricular).

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Book SynopsisIn this companion manual to The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning, this text was developed to fill a significant resource gap in leadership education. In response to this gap, as well as leadership educators’ call for professional development related to teaching and learning, this text is grounded in the college teaching and leadership education literature. Filled with 60 learning activities for diverse contributors, this book offers a hands-on resource for leadership educators to use when facilitating leadership learning opportunities.Each learning activity includes learning outcomes, activity instructions, facilitation notes, and additional resources offered by the author. The text is organized by the pedagogical methods covered in The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning. Pedagogical methods covered include Discussion, Case Studies, Reflection, Team-Based Learning, Service Learning, Self- and Peer-Assessments, Role-Play, Simulation, Games, and Art. Each chapter contains six learning activities for each pedagogical method, four focused in instructional strategies (curricular, co-curricular, technology-enhanced, followership-focused) and two in learning assessment strategies (curricular and co-curricular).

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Book SynopsisThis book is designed to support individuals, particularly in higher education settings, gain knowledge and skills related to critical dialogues that support effective conflict management. Higher education institutions and its stakeholders such as faculty, staff, students, and administrators are often perceived for their proclivity to foster debate. This book is not about how to facilitate debate, but rather, dialogue, which if managed well, can lead to positive growth, learning outcomes, and increased productivity. Dialogue as a method for effective conflict management is an underutilized method of communication. Contents of the book include modules that address communication skills, conflict management styles, working in small groups or teams, how to facilitate change, and research-based resources and references for conflict management.

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Book SynopsisThis book is designed to support individuals, particularly in higher education settings, gain knowledge and skills related to critical dialogues that support effective conflict management. Higher education institutions and its stakeholders such as faculty, staff, students, and administrators are often perceived for their proclivity to foster debate. This book is not about how to facilitate debate, but rather, dialogue, which if managed well, can lead to positive growth, learning outcomes, and increased productivity. Dialogue as a method for effective conflict management is an underutilized method of communication. Contents of the book include modules that address communication skills, conflict management styles, working in small groups or teams, how to facilitate change, and research-based resources and references for conflict management.

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Book SynopsisPrevious books of the Leadership Horizon Series showed unequivocally how both leaders and followers play an equally important part in the co-production of leadership outcomes, and how leader and follower identities are fluid, so that the same individual can enact both at different times. This book stretches the notion of leadership a step further by exploring the co-enactment of both roles, identities, and positions of leader and follower by one same individual. This individual is defined as a connecting leader, as in this co-enactment he/she functions as connector between different leadership relationships. The concept of connecting leader emerges from the observation that most individuals in organizations engage in the leaderfollower role co-enactment: managers, pulled between executives and reportees; CEOs, between the board and the head of departments; or employees involved in cross functional teams, leading and following in different degrees, subject to their expertise. Yet, despite its pervasiveness this concept is at best under theorized by the literature, which, dominated by dyadic and romanticized views, mostly presents the roles as enacted by separate individuals facing each other. To advance our understanding of connecting leaders the editor proposes to shift our focus on leadership in three ways: to unpack the interconnectedness and interplay of leader and follower identities; to investigate the tensions arising from the co-enactment and how these can be overcome; to widen the way in which we study leadership, through new configurations (e.g. leadership triads) and ontologies; and finally to consider the similarities between leading and following. The book chapters are organized to mirror these areas of exploration. Understanding leadership from a perspective that acknowledges that many individuals in organizations are not just leaders or followers, but both, democratizes the way we theorize leadership, and moves us further away from the temptation to romanticize it.Table of Contents Foreword Introduction: The Connecting Leader PART I: INTERCONNECTED LEADER-FOLLOWER IDENTITIES. From a Leader and a Follower to Shared Leadership: An Identity-Based Structural Model for Shared Leadership Emergence Bridging Gaps in Organizations: Leaders as Entrepreneurs of Identity PART II: JANUSIAN TENSIONS. Paradox, Leadership, and the Connecting Leader Meddling in the Middle: The Middle Manager Yo-Yo on a Constant Move PART III: THE CONNECTING LEADER IN PRACTICE. From Connecting Leaders to Connecting Leadership: A Study of Interaction The Connecting Leader and Managerial Stances at Work: A Practice Perspective PART IV: LEADER AND FOLLOWER AS ONE. Leadership and Followership as One: Connecting Leaders in the Military Everyday Leadership and Engaged Followership: Two Sides of the Same Construct About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisPrevious books of the Leadership Horizon Series showed unequivocally how both leaders and followers play an equally important part in the co-production of leadership outcomes, and how leader and follower identities are fluid, so that the same individual can enact both at different times. This book stretches the notion of leadership a step further by exploring the co-enactment of both roles, identities, and positions of leader and follower by one same individual. This individual is defined as a connecting leader, as in this co-enactment he/she functions as connector between different leadership relationships. The concept of connecting leader emerges from the observation that most individuals in organizations engage in the leaderfollower role co-enactment: managers, pulled between executives and reportees; CEOs, between the board and the head of departments; or employees involved in cross functional teams, leading and following in different degrees, subject to their expertise. Yet, despite its pervasiveness this concept is at best under theorized by the literature, which, dominated by dyadic and romanticized views, mostly presents the roles as enacted by separate individuals facing each other. To advance our understanding of connecting leaders the editor proposes to shift our focus on leadership in three ways: to unpack the interconnectedness and interplay of leader and follower identities; to investigate the tensions arising from the co-enactment and how these can be overcome; to widen the way in which we study leadership, through new configurations (e.g. leadership triads) and ontologies; and finally to consider the similarities between leading and following. The book chapters are organized to mirror these areas of exploration. Understanding leadership from a perspective that acknowledges that many individuals in organizations are not just leaders or followers, but both, democratizes the way we theorize leadership, and moves us further away from the temptation to romanticize it.Table of Contents Foreword Introduction: The Connecting Leader PART I: INTERCONNECTED LEADER-FOLLOWER IDENTITIES. From a Leader and a Follower to Shared Leadership: An Identity-Based Structural Model for Shared Leadership Emergence Bridging Gaps in Organizations: Leaders as Entrepreneurs of Identity PART II: JANUSIAN TENSIONS. Paradox, Leadership, and the Connecting Leader Meddling in the Middle: The Middle Manager Yo-Yo on a Constant Move PART III: THE CONNECTING LEADER IN PRACTICE. From Connecting Leaders to Connecting Leadership: A Study of Interaction The Connecting Leader and Managerial Stances at Work: A Practice Perspective PART IV: LEADER AND FOLLOWER AS ONE. Leadership and Followership as One: Connecting Leaders in the Military Everyday Leadership and Engaged Followership: Two Sides of the Same Construct About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisConflict management is an overlooked area in leadership development. Mediation as an intervention method to use in conflict management can be productive for building leadership capacity and organizational development in higher education. Adults average five conflicts per day and people in titled leadership spend over two-thirds of their time engaged in managing conflict. This workbook offers conflict management strategies, models, and processes to support college and university personnel in recognizing and managing conflicts and how to build skill sets that can enhance effective communication and address conflicts.

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Book SynopsisConflict management is an overlooked area in leadership development. Mediation as an intervention method to use in conflict management can be productive for building leadership capacity and organizational development in higher education. Adults average five conflicts per day and people in titled leadership spend over two-thirds of their time engaged in managing conflict. This workbook offers conflict management strategies, models, and processes to support college and university personnel in recognizing and managing conflicts and how to build skill sets that can enhance effective communication and address conflicts.

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Book SynopsisWhy with hundreds and hundreds of books on leadership to choose from, why another one?” The answer is simple. Given the importance of leadership and leaders in organizations there will always be efforts to try to improve our understanding on how we can improve the leadership process. Leadership, Leaders and Leading focuses on the age old reality that successful organizations will continue to need effective leaders at all levels. The book is based on the premise that effective leaders need to be able to establish a shared vision and accompanying strategy that other members of the organization strongly believe in and are willing to help execute. The book argues that we can continue to learn from traditional and contemporary theories and myths about effective leadership & leaders and how they can successfully lead an increasingly diverse and demanding workforce, consumers and the broader society. The book discusses foundational leadership skills like motivation, communication, building leader-follower relationships, groups and teams, developing others, conflict, negotiation and organizational politics along with highlighting the important role leaders should play in the areas of human resource management, ethics, crisis and reputation management, sustainability/sustainable development, and cybersecurity. Each chapter offers the opportunity for the reader to increase their understanding of leadership, leaders and leading in an increasingly dynamic world of work. This book is written for those who are interested in the continued effort and dialogue on what effective leadership, leaders and leading should entail in the coming years.

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Book SynopsisWhy with hundreds and hundreds of books on leadership to choose from, why another one?” The answer is simple. Given the importance of leadership and leaders in organizations there will always be efforts to try to improve our understanding on how we can improve the leadership process. Leadership, Leaders and Leading focuses on the age old reality that successful organizations will continue to need effective leaders at all levels. The book is based on the premise that effective leaders need to be able to establish a shared vision and accompanying strategy that other members of the organization strongly believe in and are willing to help execute. The book argues that we can continue to learn from traditional and contemporary theories and myths about effective leadership & leaders and how they can successfully lead an increasingly diverse and demanding workforce, consumers and the broader society. The book discusses foundational leadership skills like motivation, communication, building leader-follower relationships, groups and teams, developing others, conflict, negotiation and organizational politics along with highlighting the important role leaders should play in the areas of human resource management, ethics, crisis and reputation management, sustainability/sustainable development, and cybersecurity. Each chapter offers the opportunity for the reader to increase their understanding of leadership, leaders and leading in an increasingly dynamic world of work. This book is written for those who are interested in the continued effort and dialogue on what effective leadership, leaders and leading should entail in the coming years.

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Book SynopsisSucceeding as a Frontline Manager in Today’s Organizations highlights the fact that as the world of work continues to change in response to a variety of trends, issues and opportunities, manages on the frontline will still be expected to see that their organizations operate both effectively and efficiently to not only survive but to thrive. To do this, frontline managers (FLMs) must continue to learn and develop their skills to get the organization’s work done through its people. This book examines both the traditional and contemporary skills todays frontline managers must have at a minimum and those they must successfully learn to implement to fulfill their critical roles and responsibilities. The book argues that FLMs will continue to play a critical role in helping their organizations pursue and achieve their strategic, tactical and operational goas efficiently and effectively. By focusing on the skills a good FLM needs, this book offers specificity on what the FLM and their organizations must do to increase the potential for the success of FLMs in having a positive influence on the organization overall by focusing both on results and the well-being of employees. The book examines not only looks at the essentials of effective management but discusses the importance of how one becomes and makes a smooth transition to the role of a FLM. In addition, the book examines the essential elements of management—planning, organizing, controlling, and leading—while also offering an in-depth look at the important role FLMs can and should play as it relates to ethics, building and leading effective teams, and safety and health. Each chapter offers insights into what FLMs can do to be effective in their work, particularly for those FLMs who want to continue to develop themselves as they play the different roles and exercise different skills in doing their jobs. In the end, this book is written for, those who are interested in increasing their understanding of the FLMs role, responsibilities and skills needed to be effective while also getting those who work for them to accomplish their work effectively, efficiently and productively on their own or as a member of a group or team.Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1: The Effective Front Line Manager: What They Do CHAPTER 2: On Becoming a Front-Line Manager: “You’re Not in Kansas Anymore” CHAPTER 3: Ethics and Doing the Right Thing: The “Buck Stops With You” CHAPTER 4: Planning, Organizing, and Controlling CHAPTER 5: Decision-Making: How Front-Line Managers Make Things Happen CHAPTER 6: Human Resource Management: People Performance Equals Organizational Success CHAPTER 7: Change: The Reality for Effective Front-Line Managers CHAPTER 8: Leading Through Effective Leadership CHAPTER 9: Motivating Employees: Exceeding Performance Expectations CHAPTER 10: Building and Leading Effective Groups and Teams CHAPTER 11: Communication: Successfully Bridging the Exchange of Information CHAPTER 12: Performance Management: Getting the Most Out of Your People CHAPTER 13: Conflict, Negotiation, and Organizational Politics: Critical Survival Skills CHAPTER 14: Safety and Health: Truly Looking Out for Your Employees About the Author

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Book SynopsisSucceeding as a Frontline Manager in Today’s Organizations highlights the fact that as the world of work continues to change in response to a variety of trends, issues and opportunities, manages on the frontline will still be expected to see that their organizations operate both effectively and efficiently to not only survive but to thrive. To do this, frontline managers (FLMs) must continue to learn and develop their skills to get the organization’s work done through its people. This book examines both the traditional and contemporary skills todays frontline managers must have at a minimum and those they must successfully learn to implement to fulfill their critical roles and responsibilities. The book argues that FLMs will continue to play a critical role in helping their organizations pursue and achieve their strategic, tactical and operational goas efficiently and effectively. By focusing on the skills a good FLM needs, this book offers specificity on what the FLM and their organizations must do to increase the potential for the success of FLMs in having a positive influence on the organization overall by focusing both on results and the well-being of employees. The book examines not only looks at the essentials of effective management but discusses the importance of how one becomes and makes a smooth transition to the role of a FLM. In addition, the book examines the essential elements of management—planning, organizing, controlling, and leading—while also offering an in-depth look at the important role FLMs can and should play as it relates to ethics, building and leading effective teams, and safety and health. Each chapter offers insights into what FLMs can do to be effective in their work, particularly for those FLMs who want to continue to develop themselves as they play the different roles and exercise different skills in doing their jobs. In the end, this book is written for, those who are interested in increasing their understanding of the FLMs role, responsibilities and skills needed to be effective while also getting those who work for them to accomplish their work effectively, efficiently and productively on their own or as a member of a group or team.Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1: The Effective Front Line Manager: What They Do CHAPTER 2: On Becoming a Front-Line Manager: “You’re Not in Kansas Anymore” CHAPTER 3: Ethics and Doing the Right Thing: The “Buck Stops With You” CHAPTER 4: Planning, Organizing, and Controlling CHAPTER 5: Decision-Making: How Front-Line Managers Make Things Happen CHAPTER 6: Human Resource Management: People Performance Equals Organizational Success CHAPTER 7: Change: The Reality for Effective Front-Line Managers CHAPTER 8: Leading Through Effective Leadership CHAPTER 9: Motivating Employees: Exceeding Performance Expectations CHAPTER 10: Building and Leading Effective Groups and Teams CHAPTER 11: Communication: Successfully Bridging the Exchange of Information CHAPTER 12: Performance Management: Getting the Most Out of Your People CHAPTER 13: Conflict, Negotiation, and Organizational Politics: Critical Survival Skills CHAPTER 14: Safety and Health: Truly Looking Out for Your Employees About the Author

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