Discover the secrets of true leadership, including stealth, self-sufficiency, even-temper, training strategies, and justice. You will learn how to lead from those who actually did.
Leadership Insights for Wizards and Witchesoutlines various leadership styles, theories, and concepts through the fictional lens of J.K. Rowling's magical world - from ethical, servant, and authentic ...leadership, to power, influence, and persuasion.
Public Sector Leadership in Assessing and Addressing Riskexplores risk management in practice, focusing on the identification of risks in the European public sector while contextualising its ...Eurocentric analysis within a global setting; it lays the groundwork for understanding the main philosophical premises of risk management.
Resolving the African Leadership Challenge: Insight From Historyexamines leadership in pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial modern Africa, exploring the origin of Africa's leadership challenge, ...and providing lessons to enhance leadership effectiveness.
Why do some military and rebel groups commit many types of violence, creating an impression of senseless chaos, whereas others carefully control violence against civilians? A classic catch-22 faces ...the leaders of armed groups and provides the title for Amelia Hoover Green's book. Leaders need large groups of people willing to kill and maim-but to do so only under strict control. How can commanders control violence when fighters who are not under direct supervision experience extraordinary stress, fear, and anger?The Commander's Dilemmaargues that discipline is not enough in wartime. Restraint occurs when fighters know why they are fighting and believe in the cause-that is, when commanders invest in political education.
Drawing on extraordinary evidence about state and nonstate groups in El Salvador, and extending her argument to the Mano River wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, Amelia Hoover Green shows that investments in political education can improve human rights outcomes even where rational incentives for restraint are weak-and that groups whose fighters lack a sense of purpose may engage in massive violence even where incentives for restraint are strong. Hoover Green concludes that high levels of violence against civilians should be considered a "default setting," not an aberration.
The Reflective Leaderbrings together theory and core concepts through reflective practice, reflexivity, and experiential learning to crystallize current thinking regarding introspection and ...contextual intelligence in understanding and improving the effectiveness of leaders.
Braver Leaders in Actionexplains why it is vital for ordinary leaders to be brave in the context of unprecedented global challenges. Exercises and practical examples from experienced leaders help to ...boost your awareness and understanding, ultimately increasing your potential to become a braver leader.
Welcome to Fundamentals of Leadership for Healthcare Professionals, Volume 2. The editors are proud to present our readers with a significantly expanded book, featuring 14 chapters by a distinguished ...group of 40 academic authors with decades of collective leadership experience. Based on the success of Volume 1, the current book in our series seeks to expand into important new areas. This includes diverse topics such as resilient leadership; electronic medical record implementations; interviewing for leadership positions; effective management in the low-resource setting; academic affiliations; crisis leadership; care quality and patient safety; the importance of diversity in health-care; complexity theory and ethics; change management; exploration of the executive function-dysfunction spectrum; and many other related concepts. The current tome begins with an introductory chapter that provides an in-depth overview of various theoretical aspects of leadership, including the most commonly encountered leadership styles. Throughout the book the authors focus on practical relevance of the topics being discussed, presenting 'lessons learned' and stressing the importance of flexible, authentic, servant leadership. The editors hope that Volume 2 of the Fundamentals of Leadership for Healthcare Professionals will be equally, or perhaps even more successful than Volume 1, and that it will provide an excellent springboard for Volume 3 in this important and unique book series!