To take advantage of the opportunities, and to effectively face the challenges, which the future will present, managers … need to enhance their competence for making leadership decisions. These decisions affect all issues in strategy formulation … several well‐known strategy implementation models. Learners can develop and improve leadership‐in‐management decision making …

Purpose – This monograph seeks to summarise the key influences of a role‐based perspective on leadership when making … provides insight into the leadership roles executives can adopt when part of formal, informal and temporary groups within the … leadership role, and the timely switch from one role to another as circumstances change, are found to facilitate improvement in …

Managers must adapt their leadership styles to fit the demands of the situations they face. One of the necessary … personalities of the subordinates, the decisions to be made and the general organisational circumstances. Managerial leadership is … authors' experience of working with managers suggests that training focused on analytical models of participation contributes …

conceptually but only action and practice using this framework with awareness makes managers wise leaders. Practical implications … – This paper proposes a framework for making difficult decisions and has implications for developing managers and leaders who … along with data effectively can help leader using this framework make wise decisions. The stories of leadership success and …

Examines the role of key players such as front‐line and middle managers as well as executives in implementing and … leadership roles and discusses them through a number of case examples.  …

companies. Originality/value – Valuable for managers at every stage of their development, and especially for those just entering …

reports on innovation. Findings – The report concludes that management and leadership are essential aspects of the innovation … their unique contributions to innovate and to become advocates for the significance of management and leadership in …

responsible should individuals be? How far should they go: blow the whistle? Is responsible leadership possible in an organization …/group/organizational/societal unconscious in striving for responsible leadership? Can an organization become aware of its persona and shadow and develop into an …. Whistle‐blowing may be counterproductive. Responsible leadership is possible, if individuals …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the linkage between leadership and sustainability. Recent … scandals involving executive leadership have significantly contributed to the topic of sustainability becoming one of the most … is to review the extant literature and develop a theoretical model of the connection between leadership, in its many …

Based on personal observations of several thousand managers, in both business and simulated business settings, four … elements are identified that are frequently associated with leadership effectiveness. These elements are: (1) consistently and … organisations run by the managers in our study when the elements had been developed in proportion to each other. Too strong a focus …