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This 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 area—an executive summary in reverse—that 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.
[...]... selection, the tasks and capabilities of leaders, the leadership of organizations, and leadership requirements of the unique demands of today’s world In Part One, on leadership development, we examine the critical issues of leadership assessment and selection A great deal of research and investment has been made in both of these areas over the past decade From there, we explore the use of action learning... crisis leaders speed up the recognition and awareness of these assumptions across their organizations They also implement the organizational strategies of anticipation and innovation to minimize the impact of a crisis Mitroff explores how crisis leaders effectively accomplish these outcomes Chapter 13, by Lynn Offermann and Kenneth Matos, addresses the needs of leaders who wish to further develop their... are the kinds of questions that these leaders must be asking themselves to ensure they possess insights needed to succeed in each situation? This chapter answers these questions with a set of leadership best practices Chapter Fifteen, our final chapter, summarizes the essential lessons on leadership practices from each of the book’s contributors It then identifies the common themes shared across the. .. Three, “Shifting the Emphasis of Leadership Development: From ‘Me’ to ‘All of Us,’ ’’ discuss the necessity of managers shifting their perceptions of leadership from seeing themselves as independent actors and leaders to seeing themselves as an interdependent “leadership collective” within their organizations But developing such “collective leadership identities” goes against the grain of most people... presented, along with a discussion of some of the most significant challenges in the implementing diversity leadership The chapter concludes by offering a detailed example of how leaders can put these best practices to work by developing the capabilities of diverse staff through mentoring Mary Teagarden’s chapter on cross-cultural leadership closes out this part of the book She addresses five questions... Policy, and the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management In addition, he has published a book on 360degree feedback He is currently on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal and the Leadership Quarterly, and formerly on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Organizational Behavior He is an associate editor of the Academy of Management... begins by defining the tasks of ethical leadership and identifying key practices that enable leaders to carry out this responsibility The first task is simply to behave morally as leaders carry out their roles The second task is to shape the ethical contexts of their groups and organizations The dual responsibilities of acting as a moral standard and shaping the ethical context for their organizations... focuses on developing executive talent, and he is author or coauthor of Developing Global Executives, High Flyers, and The Lessons of Experience Ian I Mitroff is adjunct professor of health policy at the School of Public Health, St Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California (USC) He founded and directed the USC Center for Crisis Management at the. .. leadership, ethics, and communication He is the author of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership and Ethics in the Workplace, and coauthor of Leadership: A Communication Perspective His research findings have been published in the Journal of Leadership Education, Selected Proceedings of the International Leadership Association, Journal of Leadership Studies, Communication Quarterly, Communication... lead the development of innovative new products and services The authors identify each of the stages of the innovation process in which leaders must excel Each stage is illustrated with the specific capabilities that leaders must demonstrate Craig Johnson, in his chapter entitled “Best Practices in Ethical Leadership,” brings us to the critical responsibility of all leaders to set a moral standard for their . boards of the Acad- emy of Management Journal and the Leadership Quarterly, and formerly on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal. Associate Dean of the College of Business, Direc- tor of the Center for Human Resource Management, and Professor of Management and Psychology at the State University