Leading for Success: The Seven Sides to Great Leaders

Andrew Kakabadse, Nada Kakabadse and Linda Lee-Davies

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Classic leadership theory is presented here in a fresh and fashionable framework in this new and practical book for managers. Written in entertaining style, securely underpinned with the most credible and extensive research, this book contains top level case studies and frank opinion from prominent business and political leaders throughout.

Andrew Kakabadse is Professor of International Management Development, Cranfield School of Management, UK. Kakabadse was the H. Smith Richardson Fellow at CCL in North Carolina and is Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Thunderbird and Swinburne University. His research covers boards, top teams and the governance of governments. He has published 26 books, 169 articles and 16 monographs. Kakabadse is also co-editor of the Journal of Management Development and Corporate Governance: International Journal of Business in Society.

Nada Kakabadse is currently Professor in Management and Business research at the University of Northampton Business School, UK and the co-editor (with Andrew Kakabadse) of the Journal of Management and Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society. Kakabadse has published widely in areas of leadership, application of IS/IT corporations, corporate governance, government, boardroom effectiveness, diversity management and ethics, including 10 books, 49 chapters in international volumes, 3 monographs and over 100 scholarly and reviewed articles. She has acted as a consultant to numerous public and private sector organizations.

Linda Lee-Davies is a Senior Lecturer in Business and International Management. Lee-Davies lectures at The University of Northampton, UK and heads the commercial, part-time management suite through to and including MBA. With a keen interest in leadership and its links to strategic change, as well as a passion for promoting executive personal development planning, she particularly focuses on working with business clients to keep material relevant and useful to the workplace.

	List of figures and tables
	Introduction: The Seven Sides of Great Leaders	1
1	Being great	12
2	Crafting the future	34
3	Surfacing sentiments	59
4	Finding ways through	82
5	Engaging	121
6	Driving for success	142
7	Developing leaders	171
	Concluding chapter: Total leadership - forever refreshed	202
	Index	211

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