Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Leadership in the Shadow of the Pandemic / John Bratton -- Part 1. Contextualizing Leadership -- Ch. 1 The Nature of Leadership / John Bratton -- Ch. 2. Power and Leadership / Joanne Murphy and John Bratton -- Ch. 3. Culture and Leadership / David Denham and John Bratton -- Ch. 4. Strategic Management, Innovation and Leadership / Rachelle Pascoe-Deslauriers and George Boak -- Part 2. Leadership Theories Ch. 5. Trait, Behaviour and Contingency Theories of Leadership / John Bratton -- Ch. 6. Charismatic and Transformational Leadership / John Bratton -- Ch. 7. Relational and Distributed Theories of Leadership / John Bratton -- Ch. 8. Followership / John Bratton -- Part 3 Managing People and Leadership -- Ch. 9. Ethics and Leadership / Roslyn Larkin, John Burgess and Julia Connell -- Ch. 10. Human Resource Management and Leadership / John Bratton -- Ch. 11. Leadership Development / Peter Watt, George Boak and Jeff Gold -- Ch. 12. Gender and Diversity in Leadership / Lois Farquharson -- Part 4. Contemporary Leadership -- Ch. 13. Team Leadership / Shirley-Ann Hazlett, Lisa McIlvenna and John Bratton -- Ch. 14. Artifical Intelligence and Leadership / Laura Steele and John Bratton -- Ch. 15. Leading Pro-Environmental Change / Andrew Bratton, Renee Paulet, and Jennifer L. Robertson -- Ch. 16. Leadership in Public Sector Organizations / Colin Lindsay -- Ch. 17. Leading Post-industrial Urban and Regional Renewal / Markku Sotarauta.

Through an analysis of key theories and topical issues such as innovation, gender, power, ethics and environmental sustainability, the authors deftly illustrate how leadership cannot be extricated from the wider organizational context and why leadership is increasingly seen as a shared endeavour between leaders and followers. The book has been fully updated, with a new introduction discussing the challenges faced by leaders during the Covid-19 pandemic as well as a Foreword by Mary Robinson.