Inspiring leadership: Becoming a dynamic and engaging leader. (2017)

“…offers invaluable insights on how best to ‘practise’ leadership, using the techniques and leadership perspectives that are most commonly used in business school interventions around the world..”

Edited by Dr Kerrie Fleming, Leadership Research Centre director Ashridge Business Centre, UK and Roger Delves, Head of Leadership and People Faculty at Ashridge Business Centre

Pub: Bloomsbury Business

From the publisher’s website:

(With nine chapters, including one on hubris, reputation and organisational crises,) Inspiring Leadership showcases the best of leadership development practice and the most effective leadership styles that have evolved in recent years or are currently gaining attention……

By mapping out the context of the past, present and future of leadership, including a focus on values, Inspiring Leadership looks at developing authenticity and using emotional intelligence to better cultivate a high level of self-awareness in every leader. The book offers invaluable insights on how best to ‘practise’ leadership, using the techniques and leadership perspectives that are most commonly used in business school interventions around the world.

Contents:

• Leading from the inside out; Lessons from thirty years of the Ashridge leadership process. Colin Williams & Ian Hayward
• Pariahs: hubris, reputation and organisational crises. Matt Nixon
• The hero is dead… long live the new hero. John Higgins, Megan Reitz & Colin Williams
• Understanding why the authentic leader leads better. Roger Delves
• Humanising Leadership through emotional intelligence. Kerrie Fleming
• Sport, military and business. John Neal
• Tackling the engagement dilemma, the role of ego and eco intelligence. Sharon Olivier & Frederick Hölscher
• Appreciative leadership. Mike Brent & Mark McKergow
• Leading for growth – the secrets of self awareness and ‘spiky leadership’. Patricia Hind.

Purchase the book here: Inspiring leadership