Pathways to Outstanding Leadership

<p>The intent of this book is to provide a comprehensive comparison of charismatic ideological and pragmatic leadership. One hundred twenty leaders from government military business religion and politics are examined with respect to key leadership behaviors including problem solving leader–follower interactions communications politics and integrity. Additionally the implications of these paths for development and performance are examined. Most prior books on outstanding leadership have focused exclusively on vision-based leadership and have not focused on historically notable leaders and incidents of truly outstanding leadership. Case material from relevant biographies illustrate in concrete form the conclusions flowing from the various quantitative analyses. This is an important book for university and organizational courses on leadership.</p>