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Author Flinn, Kevin, author.

Title Leadership development : a complexity approach / Kevin Flinn
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018
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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations; Introduction; Why (yet) another book about leadership development?; Why now?; Why me?; Some caveats; Who might find this book useful?; How to make the most of this book; Notes; References; 1. Leadership, management and entrepreneurship; Leadership, management and entrepreneurship; Where have all of the entrepreneurs gone?; What am I saying, and why is this important?; Notes; References; 2. Rethinking leadership; Doubt and disillusionment; Rethinking leadership
Leadership/management -- same or different?Leadership: towards a working definition; Leadership: a working definition; Notes; References; 3. Rethinking leadership development; In search of certainty; 'All Change'; 'All Change'; So what sense do I make of this?; Taking experience seriously; The tenacity of mainstream conceptions of leadership and organisation; Leadership development as coercive persuasion/corrective training; Organising as complex responsive processes of relating; Organisation: a working definition; Sense-making, reflexivity and practical judgement; Notes; References
4. Coaching, psychometrics and 360° feedbackIntroduction; A collusion of coaches?; Coaching (and mentoring): a brief history; Coaching (and mentoring) at UH: a brief history; Coaching as a form of work therapy; Psychometrics; 360° feedback; Power: a detour via detachment; Reflections; Notes; References; 5. Forum theatre; Introduction; Can I play me?; It takes one to know one; A meeting of minds?; Forum theatre; Conflict, communication and creativity; Reflections; Notes; References; 6. Experiential exercises; Introduction; That's edutainment!; Learning from experience(s)
Outdoor management development/Outward BoundThe anxiety-relieving effects of fun and false certainty; Experiential exercises reprieved; Intensifying learning through reflective narrative writing: Chris, Tori and Ava; Reflections; Notes; References; 7. Action Learning Sets; Introduction; From Learning Reviews to Community Meetings; From Community Meetings to LEGs; Action Learning Sets; All talk and no action?; Let's give it another five minutes; From LEGs to RPGs and back again; Reflections: talk is action; Notes; References; 8. No recipes, just rules of thumb; Introduction
No recipes, just rules of thumbLeader-managers; Students/participants; Leaders of leadership development; Reflections; Notes; References; Index
Subject Leadership.
Career development.
Leadership
Career Mobility
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Career development
Leadership
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317390657
1317390652
9781315678269
1315678268