Leadership
A Critical Text
- Simon Western - Analytic-Network Coaching Ltd
Part one deconstructs leadership, providing a critical review and analysis of the key debates within leadership; part two reconstructs leadership, revealing the three dominant discourses of the Controller, Therapist and Messiah, and Eco-leadership discourse. Eco-leadership captures new leadership ideas and practices for twenty-first century organizations.
This widely anticipated second edition has been updated in line with recent events and the latest practice and research, with end of chapter questions encouraging reflection on key issues.
This insightful and inspiring text draws on Western's diverse consulting experience, combining theory and practice to offer insights into the real challenges facing leaders today. It is ideal reading for MBA and postgraduate students of Leadership, OB and HRM as well as practising managers and leaders.
An electronic inspection copy is available for instructors.
'This book provides a unique and much needed voice to the field of leadership studies, and will have a significant impact worldwide' -
Professor Jonathan Gosling
Director of the Leadership Centre, Exeter University
'An outstanding addition to the Leadership literature. This is an excellent text which takes the field to new heights in the first decade of the 21st century' -
Professor Cary L. Cooper CBE
Profesor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University
'In a highly original way, Dr Western helps us to obtain greater insight into the enigma of leadership. I recommend the book strongly for the reader interested in a book on leadership that goes beyond the obvious' -
Manfred Kets de Vries
Director, INSEAD Global Leadership Centre
An insightful, though-provoking and refreshing view on leadership issues.
Well written and relates effectively to the theory
A good addition to critically analyse various approaches to leadership.
very good book and discuss traditional and modern theories well.
An excellent supplementary reader to stretch undergraduates and provide a critical edge to our leadership module. I recommend this book to undergraduate and postgraduates.
I have modelled two new courses around this book, dividing the content over two course units, one in year two of a BA degree programme and one in year three. The book is exactly what I had been looking for in terms of its problematisation of much of the leadership literature which is highly normative and functional. A splendid find.
Particularly interested in the chapter on Eco-leadership.
This book offers an excellent framework for reflecting on models of leadership, and presents four dominant discourses of current leadership. It would, of course, be an excellent source text for courses focused primarily on leadership but offers rather too detailed a viewpoint for the purposes of my own teaching and trainees.
Very good. It will be adopted as recommended book for assignments
