Understanding Leadership : Perspectives from the Front Line

COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- ENDORSEMENTS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- TITLE PAGE 2 -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD BY DR JERRY GULE -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- SECTION 1: SETTING THE SCENE -- 1. Leadership as strategic organisational capability and intervention by Theo H Veldsman and Andrew J Johnson -- SECTION 2: CONCEPTUAL LENS: LEADERSHIP LANDSCAPE -- 2. The Leadership Landscape as meta-framework by Theo H Veldsman -- SECTION 3: INTERPRETIVE LENS: APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY -- 3. Appreciative leadership by Freddie Crous -- SECTION 4: ACTION LENSES -- 4. Neuroscience in leadership by Ingra du Buisson-Narsai and Dan Radecki -- 5. Action science by Andrew J Johnson -- 6. Psychobiographical profiling by Roelf van Niekerk, Mark Perry and Paul Fouch -- 7. Kegan's competing commitments by Ian Lawson -- 8. Arbinger's changing mindset by Cobus Pienaar and Jim Ferrell -- 9. Leadership psychodynamics by Pieter Koortzen -- 10. Re-authoring leadership narratives by Chené Swart -- 11. Action learning by Rosetta Pillay and Gerrit Walters -- SECTION 5: LEADERSHIP STORIES -- 12. Leadership stories -- Bridgette Gasa: Good leaders unite people from Sakebeeld -- Johan van Zyl: Get to know yourself early on in your career from Sakebeeld -- Dave Macready: Leadership built on vision, belief and passion from Sakebeeld -- Gill Marcus: What matters is the greater good by Adriaan Groenewald -- Monhla Hlahla: Moving effectively through the stages of leadership impact by Adriaan Groenewald -- GT Ferreira, Laurie Dippenaar and Paul Harris: Leader excellence asks for a distinct, shared leadership philosophy by Christel Fourie -- SECTION 6: THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP -- 13. The future of leadership by Andrew J Johnson and Theo H Veldsman -- Index -- BACK COVER.