On few occasions in the history of modern management have leadership skills been in such sharp focus as they are now. The ability to direct often very large and diverse organizations; to make sense of the complex and turbulent markets and environments in which you operate; and to adapt and learn seems at an all time premium. The premise behind the fifth edition of this influential Handbook is that leadership, management and organizational development are all parts of the same process; enhancing the capacity of organizations, whatever their size, and the people within them to achieve their purpose. To this end, the editors have brought together a who's who of current writers on leadership and development and created the definitive single volume guide to the subject. The perspectives that the text provides to leadership, learning and development, embrace the formal and the informal, cultures and case examples from organizations of all kinds; and offers readers a rigorous, readable and, where appropriate, ground-breaking book. In the 14 years since the fourth edition of this classic book, very much has changed. But the need for this Handbook is as strong as ever and the Fifth Edition of Gower Handbook of Leadership and Management Development is set to become a definitive read for senior managers and those who develop them and an essential reader for the management students aspiring to become the next generation of leaders.
1: Leadership and Management Development in the Twenty-first Century; 1: Leadership and Management Development: The Current State; 2: National and International Developments in Leadership and Management Development; 2: Strategic Work in Leadership and Management Development; 3: Crafting a Leadership and Management Development Strategy I; 4: Crafting a Leadership and Management Development Strategy II; 5: Developing the Board Through Corporate Governance Reform and Board Evaluation; 6: Strategies for Leadership and Executive Development; 7: Leadership, Management and Organisational Development; 8: Leadership and Management Development in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: SME Worlds; 9: Leadership and Diversity Development; 10: Leadership Ethics; 11: Evidence-based Leadership and Management Development; 3: Basics; 12: Measuring and Assessing Managers and Leaders for Development; 13: Talent Management and Career Development; 14: How Leaders and Managers Learn; 15: Choosing and Using Exceptional Events for Informal Learning; 16: Evaluation; 4: Advanced Processes and Tools; 17: Neuro-linguistic Programming for Leaders and Managers; 18: Leading Reflection: Developing the Relationship between Leadership and Reflection; 19: Feedback and 360-degree Development; 20: Building Quality into Executive Coaching; 21: Intuitive Intelligence; 22: Critical Action Learning; 23: Mentoring for Leaders and Managers; 24: E-learning for Managers and Leaders; 5: Widening Horizons; 25: Leadership and Management Development in the Voluntary and Community Sectors; 26: Leadership and Management Development for the Environment; 27: Leading and Managing in Global Contexts; 28: Conversations and Learning: Narrative and Development in Practice; 29: Public Sector Leadership and Management Development; 30: Developing Leaders as Futures Thinkers
