Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted To Know (eBook)

Dr. Carrie A Picardi, Vibrant Publishers (Autoren)

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2024 | 1., First Edition
204 Seiten
Distributed via Smashwords (Verlag)
978-1-63651-032-3 (ISBN)

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Table of Contents

1 The Meaning and Purpose of Leadership 13

1.1 Leadership Defined 14

1.2 Leadership Roles 16

1.3 Leadership Setting and Context 18

1.4 Formal and Informal Leaders 20

1.5 The Leader-Follower Partnership 22

Chapter Summary 28

Quiz 1 30

2 Leader Attributes: Traits, Knowledge,

Skills, and Abilities 33

2.1 Early Leadership Trait Research 35

2.2 Unpacking Personality Traits 36

2.3 Universal Leadership Traits 41

2.4 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities of Effective Leaders 42

Chapter Summary 47

Quiz 2 48

3 Leadership Behavior 51

3.1 Pioneering Research on Leader Behavioral Theory 52

3.2 The Managerial (Leadership) Grid® 59

3.3 Behavioral Best Practices of Effective Leaders 61

Chapter Summary 64

Quiz 3 65

4 Situational and Contingency Leadership 69

4.1 Factors Influencing Leadership Style 70

4.2 Fiedler's Contingency Theory 72

4.3 Path-Goal Theory 73

4.4 Situational Leadership Theory 76

4.5 Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory 78

Chapter Summary 85

Quiz 4 87

5 Power and Influence 89

5.1 Power and Influence Defined 90

5.2 Types of Power 93

5.3 Influence Approaches 95

5.4 Effective Leadership Using Empowerment 97

Chapter Summary 102

Quiz 5 103

6 Charismatic and Transformational Leadership 105

6.1 Charismatic Leadership 106

6.2 Attributes and Characteristics of Charismatic Leaders 108

6.3 Charismatic Leadership Impact on Followers 110

6.4 The Negative Side of Charismatic Leadership 112

6.5 Transformational Leadership 114

Chapter Summary 118

Quiz 6 120

7 Leading High Performance Teams 123

7.1 The Evolution of Teams in Organizations 124

7.2 Types of Team Leadership 127

7.3 Balancing Task Focus and Interpersonal Team Needs 129

7.4 Team Leadership Success Factors 132

Chapter Summary 135

Quiz 7 137

8 Leadership Development 139

8.1 The Importance of Leadership Development 140

8.2 Leadership Competencies 142

8.3 Leadership Development Approaches 145

8.4 Leadership Development Best Practices 151

Chapter Summary 153

Quiz 8 154

9 Ethical Leadership 157

9.1 Ethics Defined 158

9.2 Ethics in Leadership 160

9.3 Factors Influencing Ethical Leadership 162

9.4 Best Practices in Ethical Leadership 166

Chapter Summary 171

Quiz 9 172

10 Leading a Thriving Organization 175

10.1 Trends Impacting Leadership 176

10.2 Leading Change 177

10.3 Crisis Leadership 182

10.4 Global Leadership 185

Chapter Summary 190

Quiz 10 191

References 194

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.3.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Self Learning Management Series
• Reihe/Serie: Self-Learning Management Series
• Reihe/Serie: Self-Learning Management Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: behaviors of leaders • Characteristics of Leaders • Decision Making • effective leader • effective leaders • ethical leader • Leader • leader attributes • leadership behaviour • Leadership Style • Leadership Theory • leading high performance teams • leading in business • leading teams • Management • Skills • traits of leaders • types of leader
• ISBN-10: 1-63651-032-9 / 1636510329
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63651-032-3 / 9781636510323