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LEADERSHIP
This sixth edition of Leadership: Theory and Practice is written with
the objective of bridging the gap between the often-simplistic popular
approaches to leadership and the more abstract theoretical approaches.
Like the previous editions, this edition reviews and analyzes a selected
number of leadership theories, giving special attention to how each theoretical
approach can be applied in real-world organizations. In essence, my
purpose is to explore how leadership theory can inform and direct the way
leadership is practiced.
New to this volume is a chapter on servant leadership, which examines
the nature of servant leadership, its underpinnings, and how it works. The
chapter presents both a definition and a new evidence-based model of
servant leadership. In addition, the strengths and weaknesses of the servant
leadership approach are examined, and a questionnaire to help readers
assess their own levels of servant leadership is provided. Three case studies
illustrating servant leadership are presented at the end of the chapter.
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