{"product_id":"leadership-development-in-practice-9781032377490","title":"Leadership Development in Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of \u003ci\u003eLeadership Development in Practice: A Complexity Approach, \u003c\/i\u003edraws on auto-ethnographic accounts of experience from practitioners across three continents to explore the leadership development approaches that best support managers to work with uncertainty by taking their experience seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the first edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Flinn’s book on \u003ci\u003eLeadership Development\u003c\/i\u003e is an important antidote to the usual literature on leadership and leadership development. Instead of simply reinforcing largely mythical accounts of some idealised story about what leadership should be, Flinn’s book insightfully reflects on the actual experience of leading and proposes useful approaches to developing that experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eRalph Stacey, Professor of Management, Hertfordshire Business School, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely insight into the theory and practice of leadership and leadership development in a world characterised by complexity and uncertainty. In this book Kevin Flinn provides a refreshingly frank take on the limitations of traditional approaches and a thorough and illuminating exploration of an alternative, rooted in the insights of over a decade’s experience working with students and practising managers to understand how things really get done in groups and organisations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Bolden, Director of Bristol Leadership and Change Centre, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of the West of England, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gem of a book, you will find no best practices and no short cuts but a spirited writer reflecting upon his extensive practice of leadership development. If you are sceptical of prescriptions, but want to be introduced to tools and techniques for reflexivity, this book is for you. In addition, you will get a comprehensive overview of current management literature. I can highly recommend it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry Larsen, Professor of Participatory Innovation, University of Southern Denmark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Flinn’s book is a welcomed addition to the still very small number of books written on the topic of Complexity and Management. Kevin builds on the tremendously important work of Ralph Stacey and his colleagues and adds his own story creating an important contribution to the study of management both in theory and in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eEsko Kilpi, Founder, Esko Kilpi Company, Finland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword to the First Edition vii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements to the First Edition xii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xiv\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the First Edition 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Leadership, Management, and Entrepreneurship 15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Rethinking Leadership 29\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Rethinking Leadership Development 53\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Coaching, Psychometrics, and 360° Feedback 79\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Forum Theatre 106\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Experiential Exercises 128\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Action Learning Sets 152\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Creating Large Group Dialogue 177\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 No Recipes, Just Rules of Thumb 204\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e209\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019016175959,"sku":"9781032377490","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032377490.jpg?v=1750779037","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leadership-development-in-practice-9781032377490","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}