Authentic Leader, The - Softcover

Thompson, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1137472677 ISBN 13: 9781137472670

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2015

Synopsis

Neil Thompson provides a fresh, unique perspective on leadership skills. The Authentic Leader highlights problems with existing approaches and makes a case for a human centred-approach. It will enrich understanding of good leadership by demonstrating the importance of authenticity in empowering and leading others.

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About the Author

Neil Thompson has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities, and is now a sought-after consultant and conference speaker. He runs the Avenue Professional Development Programme, an online learning community and tutorial group for people professionals. His website and blog are at www.neilthompson.info.

From the Back Cover

In the field of leadership so much of what is available falls short of addressing the heart of the leadership experience: the complexity of human existence.
 
Neil Thompson adopts an existentialist outlook to show that a human-centred approach is key to effective leadership. Critical of other approaches to authentic leadership, he demonstrates the impact of using existential authenticity to empower the workforce.
 
Divided into three parts it explores the problems with current leadership theory and practice; unravels existentialist philosophy and its contribution to an authentic approach to leadership; and applies authentic leadership to practice by linking key skills to different problem scenarios.

Though grounded in complex ideas, Thompson's work successfully translates these into a leadership philosophy that is presented with clarity, accessibility and practical application. It is a book for anyone practising, or training to practise, in a field that requires strong leadership skills, including business and management, social work; youth work; nursing and health care; sport and beyond.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137472677
• ISBN 13: 9781137472670
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248