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Debating Bad Leadership

Reasons and Remedies

Anders Örtenblad editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:3rd Apr '21

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“This stimulating collection tackles the question that is uppermost in most of humanity's minds and hearts right now. The novel debating approach that is taken generates a rich understanding of the range of ways in which bad leadership is created, manifested and most importantly, remedied.” - Professor Brad Jackson, Waikato Management School, The University of Waikato, New Zealand  

 

“In the midst of a world full of incompetent and incoherent leaders this book is exactly what we need: a veritable cornucopia of critical leadership studies.” - Keith Grint, Professor Emeritus, Warwick Business School, UK

 

“While we like to have leaders who guide, looking at the present state of the world, there are far too many leaders who misguide. It makes this anthology on bad leadership more than timely. The various contributors, taking many different perspectives, highlight the ways leaders can go astray. In these very difficult times, this book will be a must read for anybody interested in this subject.” - Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, Clinical Professor of Leadership

 

Debating Bad Leadership, edited by AndersÖrtenblad,is a book for this time! The rise of populism and the emergence of so-called ‘strong’ leaders in many countries have created a social, political, and economic climate that begs for closer examination of the origins, characteristics, and forms of, especially, bad leadership. Taking as its starting-point the question of why there are so many bad leaders in the corporate world, the impressive collection of chapters compiled in Debating Bad Leadership canvasses a comprehensive array of issues ranging from toxic, psychopathic, leadership and ethical failure to issues of poor selection, ill-considered recruitment, leader (in)competence, conflicted or weak followership, to the very concept of leadership itself. In debating these fundamental issues, this book illuminates and educates, and offers some remedies, both theoretically and practically. Debating Bad Leadership challenges scholars, students and practitioners of leadership to continue this fundamental discussion, for the benefit of us all.” - Gabriele Lakomski Professor Emeritus, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia.


In this book, leadership experts explore why there are so many bad leaders, and suggest remedies for how the current situation could be improved. Some of the experts suggest that reasons...

“Debating Bad Leadership is a useful book, challenging established norms about bad leadership, moving the focus from individuals and possible therapeutic actions to broader questions about good and bad, about leadership itself and about the variety of roles and activities that expect there to be a leader. For those interested in leadership ethics, it will encourage debate, and it is not overburdened with ethical or philosophical theory.” (Howard.Harris, Australian Ethics, Vol. 22 (1), 2022)

“This book is a pleasure to read because the authors come from many different countries and cultures; they represent or refer to many disciplines; and they use a great many thought provoking examples, from history, mythology, and literature.” (Barbara Czarniawska, Leadership, June 10, 2021)

ISBN: 9783030650247

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 725g

406 pages

1st ed. 2021