Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Leadership : past, present, and future / John Antonakis & David V. Day -- The major schools of leadership -- Leader traits and attributes / Steve J. Zaccaro, Samantha Dubrow, & Mary Jo -- Kolze -- Charisma and the "new leadership" / John Antonakis -- In the...

Contemporary organizations face critical challenges associated with possessing and leveraging leadership capabilities. Researchers studying leadership development have responded to this practical imperative, although research on the topic is still in the early stages of scientific development....

The Nature of Leadership includes the most important areas of leadership in a concise and integrated manner with impactful contributions from the most prominent leadership scholars and researchers in the field. Editors John Antonakis and David V. Day provide an in-depth exploration of the major...

section 1. Overview and purpose -- section 2. Perspectives from adult development literature -- section 3. Fundamental aspects of adult development -- section 4. Learning-based approaches to leadership -- section 5. Integrative theory of leader development -- section 6. Future directions.

1 Overview and First Principles of Developing Leaders and Leadership -- 2 Developmental Systems -- 3 Individual Leader Development -- 4 Self-Views and Leader Development -- 5 Considering Adult Development in Leader Development -- 6 Developing a Collective Capacity for Leadership -- 7 Networks...