Contemporary Issues in Leadership

This book describes concepts of leadership that range from self-leadership and transactional and transformational leadership to transcendental leadership and the intersection of self, group, and organizational leadership. It discusses the paradox of the dual role of leader and follower.

Preface -- Heart -- Leadership -- What Makes a Leader? -- Leadership -- Transcendent Leadership -- Summit Leadership -- Relationships -- What Makes a Follower? -- Courageous Followers, Courageous Leaders -- Follow the Leaders -- Turbo-Charge Your Leadership Through Mentoring -- When Mentoring Goes Bad -- Journey -- Leadership Begins with an Inner Journey -- First, Lead Yourself -- Viable Options -- Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership -- Stop Holding Yourself Back -- Hazards -- Why Leaders Lose their Way -- “Success” -- The Disabling Shadow of Leadership -- Narcissistic Leaders -- Bad Leaders -- Soul -- Leadership Lessons from Everyday Life -- Moral Leadership in Business -- Leadership and Advocacy -- Building a Culture of Candor -- The Antileadership Vaccine

Mark A. Youndt