Summary
Contents
Subject index
Recognizing and responding to change is the oxygen of life for an organization, and leadership is fundamentally about focusing organizations on these new realities. Leadership and Change Management provides the reader with a practical, real-world understanding of several dimensions of leadership that are usually neglected in management textbooks, such as the nature of new realities and how managers can improve their insight into them, and how leaders can identify and overcome resistance to change.
Drawing on a wide range of insightful, global real-life case studies to capture the imagination, the topics covered include critical systems thinking, philosophies of leadership, group dynamics, authority, ethics, personal character and the psychology of leadership.
This comprehensive text will be of interest to anyone looking for a more thoughtful engagement with the key issues in leadership and change management.
Philosophies, Theories and Styles of Leadership
Philosophies, Theories and Styles of Leadership
Figure 3.1
Introduction
The key leadership message of Chapters 1 and 2 concerns the critical importance of new realities and the ability to identify their systemic impact. New realities represent the ceaseless winds of change. These winds arrive more often in high speed gusts than in gentle breezes. However, they are always arriving, and adapting to change requires being able to ride and bend with the winds. To bend and ride effectively requires alertness, openness, mental and emotional adaptability, and courage.
This chapter discusses some of the better-known leadership theories and places them in the context of the Systemic Leadership approach we are studying. We begin with a discussion about our preoccupation with leadership as a construct ...
- Loading...