Practicing Leadership : Principles and Applications

This book examines traditional and contemporary approaches to leadership. Readers learn how to develop these leadership skills by analyzing how the leadership theories have been applied in current history. Recognized world leaders such as Margaret Thatcher, Lee Iacocca, and President Jimmy Carter offer their views and insights on what makes a leader.

Leadership is a Journey - Not a Destination In the age of team management and collaboration, leadership is an essential skill that needs to be uncovered and developed, as well as applied. In this book we encourage you to bring your unique background, experiences, and perceptions to the important discussion on leadership. Through a journey of discovery, we will meld your ideas and experiences with our own to help you develop your own special style of leadership. We invite you to embark on the quest to discover your true leadership skills. We use the journey as a metaphor for how you can understand leadership over the centuries. Practicing Leadership:

• includes commentary on the environment of leadership
• identifies common road blocks and provides direction on how to avoid them
• graphically depicts the journey through leadership paradigms suggesting important skills and approaches to effective leadership
• integrates the discussion of issues regarding diversity and internationalism
• offers discussions with current business and political leaders helping you understand how to develop your own leadership skills
• profiles noteworthy leaders including activists, politicians, military leaders, writers, and athletes such as Arthur Ashe, Jr., Mother Teresa, Vaclav Havel, Rachel Carson, Nelson Mandela, Mao Zedong, Sam Walton, and General Colin Powell
• details the contributions of a variety of disciplines, including psychology, management, communication, military sciences, the quality movement, political science, and philosophy.