Understanding Leadership

Robert M. McManus is the McCoy Professor of Leadership Studies and Communication at the McDonough Leadership Center at Marietta College in Ohio. He is the co-editor of Ethical Leadership: A Primer (Edward Elgar) and also co-edited Leading in Complex Worlds (Jossey-Bass). He has served as the Chair of the Leadership Education MIG for the International Leadership Association.Gama Perruci was the Dean of the McDonough Leadership Center at Marietta College in Ohio. He also served as a consultant for the New York Times (nytimesineducation.com) and session facilitator for Dartmouth College’s Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He was the author of Global Leadership: A Transnational Perspective (Routledge).

• Part I: How to Think About Leadership 1.Understanding Leadership 2.The Leader 3.The Followers 4.The Goal 5.The Context Part II: The Cultural Context of Leadership 6.Leadership in a Western Cultural Context 7.Leadership in a Latin American Cultural Context 8.Leadership in a Russian cultural context 9.Leadership in an Islamic cultural context 10 Leadership in a traditional African cultural context 11 Leadership in a Daoist cultural context 12 Leadership in a Confucian cultural context13 Leadership in a Buddhist cultural contextPART III: Leadership for what?14 Leadership to develop oneself15 Leadership to develop others16 Leadership for the greater goodIndex

"There are thousands of books on leadership that answer some of the critical leadership questions. This is the only leadership book that addresses ALL of them. McManus and Perruci tackle the complexity of leadership, including the role of followers and context. They examine leadership from cultures ranging from West to East and from all continents, and they deal in depth with the critical question of "Leadership for what?" This is a must read for any true scholar of leadership."Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the Faculty, Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College, USA."This book opens the door to understanding leadership for students, scholars, and practitioners alike. The authors present a wide array of theories and ideas that challenge us to gain our own insights on how these can work together, and help us to become effective leaders and followers in our complex world."Sadhana Hall, Deputy Director, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College, USA"In this much needed text McManus and Perruci extend the injunction to ‘know thyself’ by inviting us to know our wider world more fully. Readers will be informed, challenged and inspired through an artful examination of ‘I’/‘We’ leadership paradoxes."Dr Ralph Bathurst, Massey University, New Zealand