Books in the Leadership: Research and Practice series

Donald Trump in Historical Perspective: Dead Precedents is a collection of essays that utilizes the thinking of historians, philosophers, and political scientists to explore historical parallels to the presidency of Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America.

An invaluable contribution to the area of leadership studies, this handbook brings together renowned authors with diverse cultural, academic and practitioner backgrounds to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of all stages of the research process.

This book considers the limitations of current leadership research and practice, and provides suggestions for using evidence-based best practices for developing leadership in oneself and others.

This book considers the limitations of current leadership research and practice, and provides suggestions for using evidence-based best practices for developing leadership in oneself and others.

This volume brings together research from leading scholars with stories from women leaders, offering cutting edge perspectives and a guide for women to navigate their own journeys to impactful leadership.

This volume brings together research from leading scholars with stories from women leaders, offering cutting edge perspectives and a guide for women to navigate their own journeys to impactful leadership.

Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on interpersonal leaderΓÇôfollower relations. The book tackles the impact of distance ΓÇô physical, interpersonal and social ΓÇô on our organizations, governments and societies.

This book critically analyzes Clinton's role as a transformative leader of global influence, focusing on her use of "smart power" foreign policy techniques, advocacy for women's rights, and the future of women's political leadership.

This book critically analyzes Clinton's role as a transformative leader of global influence, focusing on her use of "smart power" foreign policy techniques, advocacy for women's rights, and the future of women's political leadership.

"This book will focus on leadership: what it is, how it works, and how you might take steps towards becoming a polymath leader. Leadership is a complex, paradoxical phenomenon that is nuanced, multi- layerd and mutli- dimensional . Good leadership does not come from a majic pill, but from hard work, discipline and focused practice"--

The Global Obama examines the president's image in five continents and more than twenty countries. It is the first book to look at Barack Obama's presidency and analyze how Obama and America are viewed by publics, governments, and political commentators around world. The author of Barack Obama in Hawaii and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President (Top 10 Black History Book) scaled the globe to gather opinions - cultural, historical, and political analyses - about Obama's leadership style. Writers, journalists, psychologists, consultants, and social scientists present their views on Obama's leadership, popularity, and many of the global challenges that still remain unresolved. As a progress report, this is the first book that tries to grasp 'the Obama phenomenon' in totality, as perceived by populations around the world with special focus on America's leadership in the 21st Century.

This edited volume explores different models, conceptualizations, and measures of leader interpersonal and influence "soft skills" that are so necessary for effective leadership. These include the communication skills, persuasion skills, political savvy, and emotional abilities used by leaders to inspire, motivate, and move followers toward the accomplishment of goals.

In this new volume in the Leadership: Research and Practice series , the editors and expert contributors provide a clearer understanding of the impact of gender on political leadership by examining the lives and careers of women who became heads of government.

In this new volume in the Leadership: Research and Practice series , the editors and expert contributors provide a clearer understanding of the impact of gender on political leadership by examining the lives and careers of women who became heads of government.

Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on interpersonal leader-follower relations. The book tackles the impact of distance - physical, interpersonal and social - on our organizations, governments and societies.