New Thinking on Leadership: A Global Perspective
Edited by Hilarie Owen





Format: Paperback, 184pp.
ISBN: 9780749466336
Publisher: Kogan Page
Pub. Date: January 28, 2013

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From The Publisher:

Leadership has been a hot topic for close to 20 years now, however, we seem to be witnessing fewer inspirational examples of good leadership than ever before. Instead, we are faced with corruption and misbehavior from our so called leaders.

New Thinking on Leadership brings together a groundbreaking collection of the latest thinking from leading global figures in leadership studies from the corporate and academic world, including Warren Bennis, pioneer of the contemporary field of leadership studies, and Tracey Manning, a specialist in transformational leadership development and leadership education at University of Maryland.

This international team of leadership experts discusses how to turn around what has been called "the leadership crisis." With new, and sometimes controversial, insights from both leading academics and pioneers in the corporate world, it provides readers with the latest global picture of where our understanding of leadership is and where it could go if we get to grips with the issues facing leaders today.


About the Editor

Hilarie Owen has been a successful director, author, business strategist, founder and Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership. She was appointed by the British government to oversee leadership throughout the police service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and has worked for a variety of global companies in the US, Europe and Middle East. She is also the author of The Complete Guide to Mentoring, published by Kogan Page.


Table of Contents

Notes on contributors Preface Introduction: Leadership crisis – what leadership crisis? Hilarie Owen Part I: Challenges for leadership 01 Is leadership the enemy of the people? Keith Grint Introduction Tame, Wicked and Critical Problems Addicted to command and allergic to leadership Conclusion References 02 Totalitarianism to democracy: Why would today’s closed organizations evolve towards democratic structures? Sangeeth Varghese 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? Why the time has come for organizations to transform into democracies Why organizations have no option but adopt democracy, if they want to survive References 03 Leadership: Making waves Elena P Antonacopoulou 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’: The power and impact of implicit leadership theories Tracey Manning 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 Implications of implicit leadership theories for your own and others’ leadership Conclusion References 05 What is leadership development when it is not the personal development of leaders? Fiona Kennedy Why is it hard to grasp leadership as existing in between people? Relational leadership development References 06 Leadership reflections Warren Bennis Part II: The transformation of leadership 07 Latin America: In search of collaborative approaches to leadership Jesus Sampedro Hidalgo Leadership in Latin America The transforming status Emerging dimensions An enabling context References 08 Long civilization, changing times and school leadership in China Jiacheng Li A demanding calling The new meaning of school leadership The new direction References 09 Leadership in adversity Brian Patterson 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 global reality Hilarie Owen A new way of seeing the world and ourselves The brain and change Dialogue to move forward References Index

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