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The Power of Invisible Leadership
How a Compelling Common Purpose Inspires Exceptional Leadership
- Gill Robinson Hickman - University of Richmond, USA
- Georgia J. Sorenson - The University of Cambridge, UK, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
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Leadership | Occupational/Industrial Psychology | Public Policy & Public Administration
Leadership | Occupational/Industrial Psychology | Public Policy & Public Administration
April 2013 | 120 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The basic concept of the book is that leadership is not about leaders or even leaders and followers, but about a much more dynamic and nuanced process. Invisible leadership exists in the space between leaders and followers, between artists and subjects, between purposes and people. We are accustomed to thinking of leadership in terms of celebrity leaders or gifted and charismatic individuals. This book views leadership-as-purpose, and a transforming idea as the most compelling motivator of successful efforts and enterprises. A brief discussion of how invisible leadership has impacted non-profits, businesses and social movements guides the reader toward an understanding of the antecedents and possibilities of this way of thinking about leadership.
Acknowledgments
1. Unmasking Leadership
2. Illuminating the Secrets of Ancient, Hidden, and Modern Wisdom
3. Exposing the Ethics of Invisible Leadership
4. Lighting the Path: The Invisible Leadership Study
5.Seeing the Unseen: Experiences With Invisible Leadership
6. Leading Invisibly: The Common Purpose as Leader
Appendix: Invisible Leadership Survey
Index
About the Authors
Very good book and easy to read.
Psychology , Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
November 26, 2013
A useful source for all involved in educational leadership.
Education (Carlisle), University of Cumbria
June 2, 2013
