The Science and Practice of Leadership

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to Leadership
What is Leadership?
How Does a Person Become a Leader?
Can the Characteristics of Leadership Be Learned?
Mindset: Growth and Fixed Continuum
Self-Assessment: Mindset
Mindset Meta-Analysis
The Continuums of Leadership Characteristics
Balance as an Individual and a Leader
Everyday Leader Profile: Whitney Young
Systems of Leadership
The Core of Leadership
Initiative
Self-Assessment: Initiative
Confidence
Self-Assessment: Confidence
Influence
Goals and Results
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 2: Personality and Leader Emergence
Big Five Personality
Self-Assessment: Big Five Personality
Big Two and Big One Personality
Big Five and Leadership Outcomes
Everyday Leader Profile: Sean McDonald
Implicit Leadership Theories
Self-Assessment: Implicit Leadership Theories
Implicit Theories and Leadership Outcomes
Leader Emergence
Leadership and Gender
Unconscious Bias
Self-Assessment: Bias Blind Spot
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 3: Self-Awareness and Self-Care as a Leader
Impostor Phenomenon
Self-Assessment: Impostor Phenomenon
Causes of Impostor Phenomenon
Outcomes and Combatting Impostor Phenomenon
Mental Health and Leadership
Stress: Distress or Eustress?
Self-Assessment: Sources of Distress and Eustress
Everyday Leader Profile: Heather Green
Emotional Intelligence
Authenticity
Self-Monitoring
Self-Assessment: Self-Monitoring
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 4: Leadership Styles
Scientific Management
Hawthorne Studies: A Bright Idea in Leadership
Michigan and Ohio State: Effective Leader Behaviors
The Leadership Grid
Transactional Leadership
A Third Dimension: Change Behaviors
Charisma and Leadership
Transformational Leadership
Laissez-faire: The Absence of Leadership
Everyday Leader Profile: Nadia Weeks
Servant Leadership
Ethical Leadership
Self-Assessment: Ethical Leadership
Which Leadership Style Is Best?
Outcomes of Effective Leadership
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 5: Individualized Leadership and Followership
Individualized Leadership
Vertical Dyad Linkage Model
Leader–Member Exchange
Self-Assessment: Leader–Member Exchange
Everyday Leader Profile: Mark Pellerito
Followership
Followership Relative to Leadership Styles
Followership Styles
Self-Assessment: Followership Style
Follower Courage
Follower Engagement
Managing Up
The Core of Followership
Initiative
Confidence
Influence
Goals and Results
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 6: Leadership and Context
Contingency Theories of Leadership
Fiedler’s Contingency Model
Path–Goal Theory
Normative Leadership Model
Everyday Leader Profile: Chelsea Grimme
Discrete and Omnibus Context
Substitutes for Leadership
Complexity Leadership
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 7: Team Effectiveness and Conflict
Self-Assessment: Preference for Teamwork
What Is a Team?
Team Development Lifecycle
Defining Team Effectiveness
Team Cognition and Knowledge Sharing
Team Cohesion and Confidence
Self-Assessment: Team Cohesion
Team Behavior Processes
Everyday Leader Profile: Keila Walton
Team Composition
Faultlines
Conflict
Conflict Management Style
Self-Assessment: What Is Your Dominant Conflict Management Style?
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 8: Influence and Political Skills
Influence Tactics
Self-Assessment: What are Your Dominant Influence Tactics?
Influence Tactics and Leadership Style
Which Influence Tactic is Best?
Determining Which Influence Tactic(s) to Use
Everyday Leader Profile: Amy Wang
Political Skills
Self-Assessment: Political Skills
Outcomes of Political Skills
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 9: Decisions and Power
Rationality and Bounded Rationality
Intuition
Self-Assessment: Decision-Making Style
Political Skills and Decision-Making
Deciding How to Make a Decision
Decision and Input Roles
Everyday Leader Profile: Sanjay Kumar
Power
Organizational Sources of Power
Individual Sources of Power
Self-Assessment: Need for Power
Power and Nonverbal Behaviors
Overuse and Abuse of Power
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 10: Ubuntu and Trust
Ubuntu
Shared Leadership
Production Versus Innovation
How Ideas Become Reality
Everyday Leader Profile: Kaylee Hawkins
Trust
Sources of Trust
Self-Assessment: Sources of Trust
Outcomes of Trust
Self-Assessment: Psychological Safety
Social Brain Hypothesis
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 11: Leading during Crises
Types of Crisis
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity
Responding to Crises
Contingency Planning
Developing Capability
Systems of Leadership
Charisma Revisited
Everyday Leader Profile: Grandpa
Gender and Leading During Crises
Leadership Spotlight: New Zealand
What Not to Do in Crises?
Personal Impacts of Crises
Self-Assessment: Impact of COVID-19 on Household Conflict and Togetherness
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 12: Vision, Culture, Goals, and More
Mission
Vision
Values
Value Congruence
Culture
Influencing Culture
Everyday Leader Profile: Mike Brewer
Climate
Personal Fit
Organizational Commitment
Self-Assessment: Self-Assessment: Organizational Commitment
Goal Setting
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario

Chapter 13: Strategic Change and Next Steps
Strategic Thinking
SWOT Analysis
Kotter’s Eight Steps of Change
Everyday Leader Profile: Dr. David Quisenberry
Work–Family Balance
Self-Assessment: Work–Family Conflict and Enrichment
Continually Evolving as a Leader
Leader, Follower, and Leader of Self
Summary, Vocabulary, Questions, Real Life Scenario
Glossary