Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Special foreword -- Contents -- 1. Creating success in your own scientific world -- 2. Leading yourself and others in research -- 3. Presenting science: talks, publications, posters, and some ideas on conferences -- 4. Management skills for researchers --...

This paper performs a meta-analysis of research on leadership excellence and develops a construct for positive leadership development within an organization. First, the analysis presents two perspectives of positive leadership attributes and behaviors. Second, the open systems and actors...