Preface -- About the author -- Understanding leadership -- Recognizing your traits -- Engaging people's strengths -- Understanding philosophy and styles -- Attending to tasks and relationships -- Developing leadership skills -- Creating a vision -- Establishing a constructive climate -- Listening to out-group members -- Handling conflict -- Addressing ethics in leadership -- Overcoming obstacles -- Glossary -- Photo credits -- Index.

"Translated into 12 different languages and used in 89 countries across more than 1,000 colleges, universities, and institutions worldwide, this market-leading text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style using practical examples that help students apply what they learn. New to this edition: -a new chapter on Adaptive Leadership explores how leaders encourage followers to adapt to tough issues and thrive in challenging environments; -a new chapter on Psychodynamic Leadersip focuses on the processes and dynamics of human behavior, providing a clinically informed approach to help leaders understand their own behavior and their followers' in order to best influence their followers; -new and expanded coverage on power and influence, the dark side of leadership, pseudo-transformational leadership, stages of moral development, virtual teams and shared leadership."--Publisher.