1st Edition

Leadership During a Crisis A Focus on Leadership Development

Edited By Christian Harrison Copyright 2024
238 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

We live in uncertain times propelled by complex systems, climate change and the use of technology which possess various threats. At times of crisis, leadership that permits quick reactions to the changing organisational environment becomes necessary. However, there has been limited studies that provide a road map of leading during a crisis. What is required of leaders during a crisis? How can you... Read more

Chapter 1       Introduction to Leadership During a Crisis: A Focus on Leadership Development

Christian Harrison

Chapter 2       Entrepreneurial Leading and Learning in a Crisis

Karise Hutchinson, Emma Fleck and Rachael Withers

Chapter 3       Leaders appointed in Times of Crisis and Leader and Leadership Development

Theano Lianidou

Chapter 4       A Model of Pragmatic Optimism for more Effective Crisis Leadership

Daniel Monehin and Audra Diers-Lawson

Chapter 5       Crisis and Servant Leadership: A Conceptualisation of Leadarchy as a Paradigm for Turbulent Times

Ijeoma G. Ukeni

Chapter 6       Ethical Leadership during a Period of Crisis: Lessons from Vietnam

Truc Ha Thanh Nguyen, Greig Taylor, Lan Thi Nguyen and Matthew McDonald

Chapter 7       The Making of Zelensky’s Leadership: The Man or the Crisis?

Catherine Clark and Katie Mcquade

Chapter 8      Leadership Behaviours under Crises: The Application of a Process-Oriented View during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sara Bonesso

Chapter 9     Risking it All: Authentic Leadership in Crisis

Ibiyemi Omeihe, Christian Harrison and Kingsley Obi Omeihe

Chapter 10   Uncovering mechanisms of leadership as influence process

Natalia Jubault Krasnopevtseva

Chapter 11     Entrepreneurial Leadership: An Approach for Crisis

Fida Ahmed and Christian Harrison

Biography

Christian Harrison is Professor of Leadership and Enterprise in the University of Bolton, United Kingdom. He is also the Director of the Centre for Leadership and Empowerment in Greater Manchester Business School.

“A powerful perspective on the role of effective leadership in these challenging and changing times.  This brings together a number of insightful contemporary perspectives on the impact of disasters, leading in a time of crisis and the value of leadership in surviving a serious crisis.  Providing valuable lessons for leaders in these days when the next crisis could be just around the corner.”

Neil Shaw, Dean/Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Business School, University of Bolton

“Leadership During a Crisis' makes a major contribution to the study of leadership and crisis. Informed by diverse case studies and theoretical insights, the book will be a crucial source for students, academics and practitioners for many years to come. The editor should be congratulated for bringing together such fine scholars to deliver this very important text.”

Professor John Connolly, Head of Department of Social Sciences, Glasgow School of Business for Society, Glasgow Caledonian University

“This book provides a much needed and comprehensive analysis of leadership and leadership development during crisis and upheaval. As such, the work within it ranges across important areas such as learning, optimism, ethics, authenticity, influence and the ever-present concerns of individual agency and collective action. It provides an important, timely and insightful contribution to the field.”

Professor Joanne Murphy, Professor of Inclusive Leadership, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham

“This refreshingly original and important book traces the role of leadership in engaging productively with the political, social and ecological crises of our times. Enriched by a diversity of authors' voices and contexts, it will be useful to scholars and students of leadership, through providing critical analysis and hope in an era of change.”

 Professor Emma Bell, Professor of Organisation and Leadership, Open University Business School, The Open University