Description
Book SynopsisThis book includes contributions from top scholars who outline the best leadership practices for the benefit of the practicing leader. Each chapter focuses on a specific area of leadership practice and ends with a set of take away best practices in each areaan executive summary in reversethat will serve as a quick reference for those who might want to peruse chapters, but still extract the best practices, as well as a summary for those who thoroughly read each chapter.
Jay Alden Conger and Ronald Riggio have brought together a galaxy of sophisticated yet practical experts on leadership, stressing both the complexity and indispensability of both transactional and transforming leadership, with the blessing of the pioneering student of leadership, Bernie Bass.
James MacGregor Burns, professor emeritus, Willams College, and Pulitzer Prize winner
Trade Review"Surprisingly easy to read… the writing is straightforward, the chapters are well organized, and summaries at the end of the chapter reiterate key points." (
Personnel Psychology, 09/28/2007)
Table of ContentsForeword vii
Bernard M. Bass
About the Authors ix
Introduction 01
Jay A. Conger and Ronald E. Riggio
Part One: Leadership Development and Selection 09
1 Best Practices in Leader Selection 11
Ann Howard
2 Best Practices in Leadership Assessment 41
Manuel London, James W. Smither, and Thomas Diamante
3 Shifting the Emphasis of Leadership Development: From “Me” to “All of Us” 64
Patricia M. G. O’Connor and David V. Day
4 Getting Leader Development Right: Competence Not Competencies 87
Morgan W. McCall Jr. and George P. Hollenbeck
Part Two: The Tasks of the Leader 107
5 Best Practices in the Use of Proactive Influence Tactics by Leaders 109
Gary Yukl
6 Creating the Conditions for Success: Best Practices in Leading for Innovation 129
Michael D. Mumford, Dawn L. Eubanks, and Stephen T. Murphy
7 Best Practices in Ethical Leadership 150
Craig E. Johnson
8 Best Practices in Team Leadership: What Team Leaders Do to Facilitate Team Effectiveness 172
Kevin C. Stagl, Eduardo Salas, and C. Shawn Burke
Part Three: Leading the Organization 199
9 Best Practices in Leading Organizational Change: Workplace Recovery Following Major Organizational Transitions 201
Mitchell Lee Marks
10 Best Practices in Leading at Strategic Levels: A Social Responsibility Perspective 224
David A. Waldman
11 Best Practices in Corporate Boardroom Leadership 244
Jay A. Conger
Part Four: Leading in Today’s World 261
12 Best Practices in Leading under Crisis: Bottom-Up Leadership, or How to Be a Crisis Champion 263
Ian I. Mitroff
13 Best Practices in Leading Diverse Organizations 277
Lynn R. Offermann and Kenneth Matos
14 Best Practices in Cross-Cultural Leadership 300
Mary B. Teagarden
15 Getting It Right: The Practice of Leadership 331
Ronald E. Riggio and Jay A. Conger
Notes 345
Index 389
