Leadership: perspectives from the front line

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Title:	Leadership: perspectives from the front line
Editors:	Veldsman, Theo H. Johnson, Andrew Joseph
Year:	2016
Pages:	964
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Randburg
Publisher:	KR Publishing
ISBN:	1869226097; 9781869226091; 1869226100; 9781869226107; 1869226275; 9781869226275; 1869226283; 9781869226282
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	business leadership
Abstract:	With 89 contributors, 56 chapters and featuring a foreword from advocate Thuli Madonsela, this book on business leadership addresses its topic from all kinds of different angles. It offers recent insights from South Africa's business leaders and experts on leadership and provides practical tools for implementation. The book is divided into twelve sections: 1. Setting the scene (introductory chapter by Veldsman and Johnson); 2. Ways of understanding leadership (ten chapters) 3. The unfolding leadership context (twelve chapters); 4. Leadership excellence (two chapters); 5. Branding and profiling leadership relative to the unfolding context (fifteen chapters); 6. Leadership identification, growth and development (six chapters); 7. Leadership dynamics and transitions (three chapters); 8. Leadership wellbeing (three chapters); 9. Leadership outcomes and impact (one chapter) 10. Leadership stories (one chapter with contributions by fifteen business leaders) 11. A leadership lament (one chapter) 12. Looking ahead: the future of leadership (one chapter). [ASC Leiden abstract]