Leadership Perspectives

1. New Perspectives on Leadership: How Practical is a Good Theory?
Kim Turnbull James, James Collins

Part I. New Constructions of Leadership

2. The Event’s the Thing: Brief Encounters With the Leaderful Moment
Martin Wood, Donna Ladkin

3. Leadership, Spirituality and Complexity: Wilberforce and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Peter Simpson, Clifford Hill

4. Sharing Thoughts on Leadership and Friendship
Robert French

5. How to Become a Globally Responsible Leader: Rites of Passage and Transitional Space
Maryse Dubouloy

6. Strategic Leadership
Kim Turnbull James, Cliff Bowman, Richard Kwiatkowski

7. Voluntarism, Representative Leadership and Organisational Democracy
Martin Clarke, David Butcher

Part II. The Importance of Context

8. Public Sector Leader Change Strategies: A Focus on Technical or Collaborative Solutions
Su Maddock

9. Leadership in the British Army — A Gendered Construct?
Mike Dunn

10. Leadership in Higher Education
Alan Bryman

11. Departmental Affiliation, Leadership and Leadership Development
Gareth Edwards, Doris Jepson

Part III. Leadership and Relationships

12. Leading with Political Awareness: Leadership Across Diverse Interests Inside and Outside the Organisation
Jean Hartley, Clive Fletcher

13. Political-Management Leadership
Simon Baddeley

14. Leaders and Their Self-Efficacy Beliefs: Why Working Relationships Matter
Joe Jaina

15. The Importance of Role Models in the Development of Leaders’ Professional Identities
Ruth Sealy, Val Singh

16. Distributed Leadership in Project Teams
Jitse D. J. Ameijde, Patrick C. Nelson, Jon Billsberry, Nathalie van Meurs

Keywords: Business and Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Management