Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted to Know covers the following concepts:
- Attributes of an effective leader
- Different roles of a leader
- Impact of setting and context on a leader’s choices
- Integration of ethics into best practices
- Trends influencing the evolution of leadership in the 21st century
Have you ever wanted to know how to become the type of person that others look to for guidance? In Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted to Know, you will learn what it takes to be a strong leader who can guide any team to success.
Driven by the latest research on leadership, this straight-forward guide breaks down not only the traits of highly effective leaders, but also how to use those traits in a variety of situations. You do not need to be in a leadership position to benefit from the lessons detailed in this book. Aside from defining the concepts of leadership and motivation, the book explores the best practices of effective leadership and the core competencies of influential leaders. It also offers insight into real-world challenges that have been faced–and overcome–by thriving organizations. With chapter summaries, quizzes, and online resources to reinforce concepts, Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is a power-packed resource that will guide you towards becoming a better leader.
About the Series
The Self-Learning Management Series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons. This series is designed to address every aspect of business from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations, across any and every industry. Each book includes basic fundamentals, important concepts, standard and well-known principles, and practical ways of application of the subject matter. The distinctiveness of the series lies in that all the relevant information is bundled in a compact form that is very easy to interpret.
Table of Content
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
About the author
Dr Carrie A. Picardi, Ph.D., is an industrial/organizational psychologist with over 20 years of professional experience in human resource management, as a research analyst and consultant, and in academia as a tenured professor of management. She has led initiatives in the areas of leadership development, assessment center design and deployment, job analysis, talent acquisition and retention, compensation and total rewards, learning and development, performance management, and employee engagement.
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