Learning leadership in a changing world
Subtitle: virtue and effective leadership in the 21st century
By: Mark W. McCloskey
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781137476326
Subjects: Leadership; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
Description: "In the second decade of the 21st century, it is increasingly apparent that personality power and technical-managerial competence are no longer the primary qualifiers for developing effective leadership. Learning Leadership in a Changing World provides direction and support in the form of the 4R Model of Leadership--a theoretically sound, conceptually straightforward, and educationally powerful framework.  The framework and content of the 4R Model replaces the charisma and competence images of leadership effectiveness with a fresh vision of 'good leadership' as virtue-based influence, and provides a developmental framework to put this new perspective into practice.With over a decade of experience developing transformative leadership graduate programs, Dr. McCloskey offers the blueprint for scholars to think with conceptual clarity about 21st century leadership effectiveness. McCloskey introduces the 'New Normal,' the social, economic, and cultural change which has created a fundamentally new leadership landscape of disruptive threats and discontinuous change. This narrative is replacing images of success grounded in charisma and managerial competence with an ancient configuration of personal assets, 'virtue-driven influence.' McCloskey looks to discount developmental fatalism of the Old Normal and argues that leadership effectiveness is available to many, and not merely a few. Learning Leadership in a Changing World provides the theoretical, educational, and developmental framework to help professors, scholars, and graduate students understand modern leadership in light of 21st century challenges and opportunities. "--

"What makes for an effective twenty-first century leader? A popular consensus has emerged around two primary qualifiers--charisma and technical-managerial competence. It is, however, increasingly evident these assets are diminishing in value. Learning Leadership in a Changing World provides an alternative vision of effective leadership in the form of the 4R Model, which replaces the charisma and competence images of leadership effectiveness with a fresh vision of "good leadership" as virtue-based influence"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I: THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LEADERSHIP CONTEXT; title: 1. Two Leadership Myths; title: 2. The Mess; title: 3. Myths Meet Mess; title: PART II: NEXT PRACTICES AND ANCIENT ASSETS; title: 4. Next Practices: Part I; title: 5. Next Practices: Part II; title: 6. Next Practices: Part III; title: 7. Ancient Assets for the Twenty-first Century; title: PART III: THE 4R MODEL: RELATIONSHIPS; title: 8. The 4R Model of Leadership; title: 9. Dynamic Determination; title: 10. Intellectual Flexibility; title: 11. Courageous Character; title: 12. Emotional Maturity; title: 13. Collaborative Quotient; title: PART IV: THE 4R MODEL: ROLES; title: 14. The Direction Setter Role; title: 15. The Ambassador Role; title: 16. The Learner Role; title: 17. The Coach Role; title: 18. The Steward Role; title: PART V: THE 4R MODEL: RESPONSIBILITIES; title: 19. Vision Casting; title: 20. Strategy Making; title: 21. Aligning; title: 22. Encouraging; title: PART VI: THE 4R MODEL: RESULTS; title: 23. Results; title: 24. Results and Relationships.