Rothstein M.G., Burke R.J. (ed.) Self-Management and Leadership Development

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010. — x, 518 p. — (New Horizons in Management). — ISBN 978-1-84844-323-5.This volume fills what we see as a critical gap in the research and writing on leadership and leadership development. The topic of leadership is, arguably, the subject of more research and writing than any other topic in the management literature. A search of the Amazon.com data base reveals that there are currently over 8500 books in print with leadership in the title and over 19 800 books listed on the topic of leadership. In addition, there are hundreds of research articles on leadership published in academic journals. Despite this vast literature, our understanding of leadership and how to develop leaders is still falling short. For example, evidence suggests that a shortage of eff ective leaders exists (Michaels et al, 2001), that organizations are not doing a satisfactory job at developing future leaders (Fulmer and Conger, 2004), and that between 50 to 75 per cent of individuals in leadership positions are underperforming (Hogan and Hogan, 2001), an estimate borne out by the tenure of individuals holding senior level leadership positions, which has steadily fallen over the past two decades (Burke, 2006; Burke and Cooper, 2006).The goal of this volume is to bring together contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in the leadership development field in a collection that will document current research and practice regarding the self-management of leadership development. Although this topic has been broached by a number of authors previously, it has typically been on an ad hoc basis and most often discussed as tangential to some other topic.List of contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Self-assessment and leadership development: an overview (Mitchell G. Rothstein, Ronald J. Burke).
Self-awareness and Leadership Development.
The role of the individual in self-assessment for leadership development (Allan H. Church, Christopher T. Rotolo).
Inspiring the development of emotional, social and cognitive intelligence competencies in managers (Richard E. Boyatzis, Tony Lingham, Angela Passarelli).
Problems in managing the self-assessment process for leaders-to-be (James G.S. Clawson).
Taking charge: discovering the magic in your psychological assessment (Sandra L. Davis)
Assessing leadership and the leadership gap (Jean Brittain Leslie, Ruohong Wei).
Emotional intelligence and interpersonal competencies (Ronald E. Riggio).
How to matter (Stewart Emery).
The Self-management of Common Leadership Challenges.
Managing your leadership career in hard times (John Blenkinsopp, Yehuda Baruch, Ruth Winden).
Personal goals for self-directed leaders: traditional and new perspectives (Thomas S. Bateman).
Self-directed work teams: best practices for leadership development (Wendy L. Bedwell, Marissa L. Shuffl er, Jessica L. Wildman, Eduardo Salas).
Work motivations, job behaviors and fl ourishing in work and life (Ronald J. Burke).
Enlisting others in your development as a leader (Dawn E. Chandler, Kathy E. Kram).
Resilience and leadership: the self-management of failure (Gillian A. King, Mitchell G. Rothstein).
The role of developmental social networks in eff ective leader self-learning processes (Krista Langkamer Ratwani, Stephen J. Zaccaro, Sena Garven, David S. Geller).
Self-management and Unique Leadership Challenges.
Self-assessment and self- development of global leaders (Paula Caligiuri and Ruchi Sinha).
Learning from life experiences: a study of female academic leaders in Australia (Linley Lord, Susan Vinnicombe).
Preparing next generation business leaders (Philip Mirvis, Kevin Thompson, Chris Marquis).
And leadership development for all (Lyndon Rego, David G. Altman, Steadman D. Harrison III).
Index.