African Leadership

Rob Elkington, PhD., is an Assistant Professor with Trent University, Faculty of Business, and the CEO and President of Global Leadership Initiatives. Rob also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Faculty of Education.Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, Ed.D. is President and Coach at Global Leadership Development, LLC, as well as Adjunct Dissertation Advisor at Abilene Christian University.Gloria J. Burgess, PhD, is Visiting Faculty in Transformational Leadership at University of Washington, Northwest University, University of Southern California, and IEDC – Bled School of Management. She is also CEO of Jazz International and Executive Director of The Lift Every Voice Foundation.Xoliswa Majola, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Graduate School of Business and Leadership.Erwin Schwella, MPA, PhD is an emeritus Professor at Tilburg Law School and Stellenbosch School of Public Leadership. He is currently also the Dean of the School of Social Innovation at Hugenote and the Founding Director of the Centre for Good Governance in Africa. He is also a global fellow of the International Leadership Institute.Nico de Klerk, PhD, served as Adjunct Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary in Spiritual Theology. He is an associate at the School of Social Innovation at Hugenote Kollege and is the founder and Executive Director of StreetBiz Foundation.

• Chapter 1. African Leadership – Where Powerful Paradigms are Unearthed through Radical Scholarship and Scholar-Practitioner Dialogue; Faith Wambura NgunjiriAfrican Political LeadershipChapter 2. Leadership Capabilities for the 21st Century Development of Africa: A Paradigm Shift in Political Leadership for Economic Emancipation; Edward O. Akoto, Eunice V. Akoto, and Justice N. BawoleChapter 3. Political leadership and Ubuntu for public sector performance in South Africa; S.A. Mthuli, N. Singh, and P.S ReddyAfrican Healthcare LeadershipChapter 4. Empowering Women in Leadership: A Transformational Approach to Redefining Healthcare in African Contexts; Kutisha Ebron and Anthony C. AndenoroChapter 5. Developing Strategic Relationships and Diffusion Networks for Healthcare Innovation: Saving Lives through Leadership; Anthony C. AndenoroChapter 6. African Healthcare Leadership Lessons from the 2014-2016 Ebola Crisis; Pierre Balamou and Paul R. SachsChapter 7. A Demonstration of Exceptional Leadership Amidst the HIV/AIDS Scourge: Chronicling the Journey of Resilience, Courage and Hope of the Former President of Botswana, Festus Gontebanye Mogae from 1998-2008; Keba T. ModisaneAfrican Business LeadershipChapter 8. Innovative Entrepreneurship in Challenging Contexts: Innovative Human Resource Practices among Ghanaian Female Entrepreneurs; Rachael Hansen-Garshong, Feikoab Parimah, Elias Kekesi, and Collins Badu AgyemangChapter 9. African Business Leadership: Powerful Paradigms for the 21st Century Innovation; Nancy L. BaileyChapter 10. Black Girl Magic or Queen Bee: An Exploration of Gendered Leadership in South Africa; Aradhana Ramnund-MansinghAfrican Grassroots Leadership & African Diaspora LeadershipChapter 11. Redefining Leadership through Grassroots and Political Leadership: A Story of Three Movements; Trisha Gott, Seydi Ndiaye, Linda Sibanyoni, and Ahmed AfiChapter 12. Wangari Maathai – We Can Never Give Up; Susanne DumbletonChapter 13. Embedding a Coaching Culture: Opportunities, Strategies, and Challenges; Jacqueline A. Abuor, Marisa Alicea, Patricia M. Bombard, Margaret Mutiso, Florence Ochanda, Kathleen M. Vaughan, and Neil J. VincentChapter 14. Micro to Macro: From Practitioners to Advocates; Joan F. BurkeChapter 15. African Leadership in the Diaspora: Collective, Constructionist, and Practice Approaches to Leadership; Abdul-Latif Alhassan and Brandon W. KliewerConcluding SectionChapter 16. Conclusion – What We Learn from African Leadership; Gloria J. Burgess