The leadership experience /
Richard L. Daft and Patricia G. Lane.
- Singapore : Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd, c2023.
- xix, 620 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Part I: Introduction to leadership. 1. What does it mean to be a leader? -- Part II: Research perspectives on leadership. 2. Traits, behaviors, and relationships -- 3. Contingency approaches to leadership -- Part III: The personal side of leadership. 4. The leader as an individual -- 5. Leadership head and heart -- 6. Courage and moral leadership -- 7. Leadership vision and purpose -- Part IV: The leader as a relationship builder. 8. Motivation and engagement -- 9. Leadership communication -- 10. Leading teams -- 11. Leading diversity and inclusion -- 12. Leadership power and influence -- Part V: The leader as a social architect. 13. Setting the stage for followership -- 14. Shaping culture and values -- 15. Leading change.
Give students the critical leadership skills and solid understanding of theory to become effective leaders during turbulent times with Richard Daft's THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE, 8E. This edition combines extensive, in-depth scholarly research with examples from hundreds of leaders in real organizations and dozens of new experiential exercises. Students explore the latest insights in leadership theory and contemporary leader behavior. Revisions address traditional leadership topics as well as emerging developments, including leading agile, hybrid and remote work teams; establishing growth mindsets; encouraging mindfulness; embracing diversity and leading with love versus fear. Content also addresses moral awareness, optimism bias, leading with grit, a leader's responsibility to followers, creating a healthy culture and collective activism. Memorable examples and unique thoughts behind actual leadership decisions make topics further come alive.-- Publisher website