The text's career-based organization takes readers from the kinds of leadership they can exhibit in supervisory roles to the visionary leadership they must exhibit in management and executive roles for ongoing organizational change and revitalization. It provides a unique blend of a review of the major theories and the major competencies needed by business leaders at all levels of the organization.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1 Approaches for Motivating Followers, Achieving Results, and Inspiring Change
• I TRADITIONAL THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP
• 2 Understanding Theories of Organizational Leadership
• 3 From Early Managerial to Transactional Theories of Leadership
• II MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS
• 4 Traits and Skills Contributing to Leader Effectiveness
• 5 Task-Oriented Leadership Behaviors
• 6 People-Oriented Leadership Behaviors
• III EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS
• 7 Charismatic and Transformational Behaviors
• 8 Vision-Oriented Leadership Behaviors
• 9 The Goals Approach and Assessment of Results
• IV LEADING AND MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL
• 10 Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture
• 11 Leadership Imperatives for Inspiring Change
• 12 Leadership Development at Individual and Organizational Levels
• References
• About the Authors