Definition and significance of leadership -- The global and cultural contexts -- Early theories -- Individual differences and traits -- Power and leadership -- New models for leadership -- Other leadership perspectives -- Participative management and leading teams -- Leading change -- Developing...

For thirty-three years and through three editions, Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership has been the indispensable bible for every serious student of leadership. This completely revised and updated fourth edition reflects the growth and changes in the study of leadership over the past...

Introduction: What is open communication, and why is it a dilemma? -- The open communication dilemma in one-to-one communication -- Performance feedback and its effects -- Feedback provider and recipient characteristics -- Manager as feedback recipient : upward communication -- Solutions to the...

Introduction: the reality of possibility -- The positive organization -- Becoming bilingual -- Creating a sense of purpose -- Nurturing authentic conversations -- Seeing possibility -- Embracing the common good -- Trusting the emergent process -- Using the positive organization generator --...