Leadership Books

New and Published Books

1. Leadership in the Public Sector

   Promises and Pitfalls

   Edited by Christine Teelken, Ewan Ferlie, Mike Dent

   In view of the approaching age of austerity for the public sector, leadership is likely to continue to become a key theme. This edited volume brings together a host of material from the public sector to analyze the issue internationally. Teelken, Dent & Ferlie lead a team of contributors in...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
2. The Zeronauts

   Breaking the Sustainability Barrier

   By John Elkington

   A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm. Just as our species broke the Sound Barrier during the 1940s and 1950s, a new breed of innovator, entrepreneur, and investor is lining up to break the...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Managing Corporate Values in Diverse National Cultures

   The Challenge of Differences

   By Philippe d'Iribarne

   Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

   How should a Western company manage cross-culturally corporate values in its foreign subsidiaries? Do these values make sense everywhere and can they assumed to be universal or, on the contrary, are they culturally Western specific? Philippe d’Iribarne provides answers to these timely and urgent...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
4. Dilemmas of Leadership

   2nd Edition

   By Tudor Rickards

   Leadership, as a way of focusing and motivating a group or organization to achieve its aims, is a much discussed but often misunderstood concept. This comprehensive textbook introduces the subject for Masters level students. Building on the success of the first edition, this text utilises an easy...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. Peak Performance Every Time

   By Simon Hartley

   Peak performances should not be left to chance. Rather than hoping that you will perform at your best, why not engineer your performance? Peak Performance Every Time incorporates principles from sport psychology and performance coaching and applies these to all areas of life. Using illustrations...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
6. Strategic Leadership in the Public Services

   By Paul Joyce

   Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

   In turbulent times, strategic leadership of public services becomes ever more important. Strategic leaders are steering their organizations into a new relationship with the public, often in conditions of intensified competition between public services providers and thus the quality of leadership...

   Published November 7th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Good Enough Manager

   The Making of a GEM

   By Aaron Nurick

   The central questions of this book are: How do the best managers behave? What sets them apart from their peers? What impact do they have on their subordinates and co-workers? The theme and organizing idea of the book is the good enough manager ® or GEM. The concept is based on the psychological...

   Published October 24th 2011 by Routledge
8. Leading For Regeneration

   Going Beyond Sustainability in Business Education, and Community

   By John Hardman

   This book presents the regenerative leadership framework that has emerged from doctoral research and consulting work with successful sustainability leaders and their organizations in business, education, and community. The framework synthesizes the levels of awareness, the leadership styles and...

   Published October 10th 2011 by Routledge
9. Global Leadership 2e

   Research, Practice, and Development, 2nd Edition

   By Mark E. Mendenhall, Mark Mendenhall, Joyce Osland, Allan Bird, Gary R. Oddou, Martha Maznevski, Michael Stevens, Günter K. Stahl

   Global Leadership, Second Edition, provides an important overview of a key emerging area within business and management. It is essential reading for students of leadership, organizational theory, strategic management, human resource management, and for anyone working and managing in the global...

   Published September 19th 2011 by Routledge
10. Leadership for Environmental Sustainability

    Edited by Benjamin W. Redekop

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Ethics

    As the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge, Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students, scholars, and practitioners of leadership for years to come...

    Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge