Leadership

Dr Andrei Lux is a Senior Lecturer of Leadership and a Research Cluster Lead at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University (ECU). Andrei’s research focuses on authentic leadership and organizational behaviour, with interests in positive follower outcomes such as engagement and commitment, as well as cross-cultural issues such as cognition and values. Andrei founded the Leadership & People Research Cluster at ECU and serves as an Associate Editor at the Journal of Management & Organization. Previously, Andrei was a Director, the Treasurer, and Research Committee Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), as well as the ANZAM Conference Chair (2020-2021), Stream Chair of Organizational Behaviour (2018-2022), and the Director of Academic Studies at ECU (2023).

• Chapter 1: Introduction to LeadershipChapter 2: Global Leadership ContextChapter 3: Personality, Traits, and PsychopathyChapter 4: Situational, Servant, and Authentic LeadershipChapter 5: Charismatic and Transformational LeadershipChapter 6: Culture, Diversity, and Inclusive LeadershipChapter 7: Values, Integrity, and Ethical LeadershipChapter 8: Self-Awareness and Leadership DevelopmentChapter 9: Power, Influence, and CommunicationChapter 10: Practical Leadership SkillsChapter 11: Leading Teams and Managing ConflictChapter 12: Leading People Through Change

I want to start by saying I’ve never used a textbook when teaching leadership, but that is changing now. What struck me from Lux’s work is that it is comprehensive and accessible. I don’t need to assign two articles – one explaining the theory and one critiquing it – because Lux has that for each theory in his book. Even explaining "commercially motivated pseudoscience". I don’t have to trawl through the internet to find activities to develop learner’s leadership skills, Lux has them all in links and QR codes ready to go. The conversational style of the writing hooks you in where you feel like you are having a conversation with Lux about the intricacies of leadership, and you are taken on a journey through research and practice, and where you end up is a better leader and more knowledgeable than any other text I’ve read on the market.