Leadership and Management: Connecting the Dots

The topic of leadership is, undeniably, anything but simple given its multitudinous strategies, styles, and nuances. This book is designed to be a resource guide for readers interested in adopting proven strategies to achieve quality results. Its encyclopedic layout serves to make these complex topics easier to navigate and absorb. It is an exploration of a diverse variety of successful approaches to leadership spanning across business, government, and nonprofit sectors. This guide surveys effective strategies that have been around for decades, while integrating more current constructs based on new and cutting-edge research. Subject-matter experts who provide further and concise viewpoints are cited throughout.

Reginald Wilkinson, Ed.D., has over four decades of experience in government, non-profit administration and the private sector. He was head of the state corrections system in Ohio and managed two non-profit higher education groups. He is President of Connecting the Dots, LLC, and is affiliated with a number of other businesses. Dr. Wilkinson has served as an adjunct faculty member at two universities and has lectured extensively on a variety of topics. His graduate degrees from The Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati are in higher education administration and education leadership. Wilkinson has had numerous journal articles, book chapters and other papers published. He has received many honors for his work. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.