{"product_id":"leadership-today-practices-for-personal-and-professional-performance-paperback","title":"Leadership Today: Practices for Personal and Professional Performance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Marques\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSatinder Dhiman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook provides a clear understanding of leadership needs in today's business world, explained within the scope of hard and soft leadership skills. It captures qualities and skills such as spirituality, empathy, moral behavior, mindfulness, empathy, problem solving, self-confidence, ambition, knowledge, global understanding, and information technology. This text explains and provides guidelines for the implementation of each skill and includes examples from contemporary and historical leaders inviting the reader to consider each quality and engage in self-reflection. This book deviates from excessive theoretical descriptions presenting a timely, hands-on approach to leadership. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing contributions form academics and professionals from around the world, this text will be of interest to students, researchers, professionals in business and leadership who aspire to lead beyond their immediate environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook provides a clear understanding of leadership needs in today's business world, explained within the scope of hard and soft leadership skills. It captures qualities and skills such as spirituality, empathy, moral behavior, mindfulness, empathy, problem solving, self-confidence, ambition, knowledge, global understanding, and information technology. This text explains and provides guidelines for the implementation of each skill and includes examples from contemporary and historical leaders inviting the reader to consider each quality and engage in self-reflection. This book deviates from excessive theoretical descriptions presenting a timely, hands-on approach to leadership. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven though leadership, as a phenomenon, has been studied extensively in the past decades, it remains a challenge as times, needs, and perceptions change and the world increasingly merges into a global village. Numerous leadership styles have been developed, varying from resonant, servant, and laissez faire, to authentic, authoritative, and coercive; from charismatic and team, to transformational and transactional leadership. And while each leadership style harbors a wealth of qualities, strategies, and behavioral guidelines toward successful implementation, there are critical overarching themes that keep emerging, regardless of the \"label\" one chooses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, an important distinction has been established in leadership qualities: soft and hard skills. Soft skills are reflective in nature, and entail qualities such as empathy, motivation, self-awareness, self-regulation, and social skills. In leadership performance, the application of soft skills entails a combination of interpersonal and social skills. Hard skills are more of a measurable nature. They encompass analytical and technical skills. Both soft and hard skills are important for leaders because they complement one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing contributions form academics and professionals from around the world, this text will be of interest to students, researchers, professionals in business and leadership who aspire to lead beyond their immediate environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Marques, PhD, EdD, \u003c\/b\u003eserves as Assistant Dean of Woodbury University's School of Business, Chair and Director of the BBA Program, and Professor of Management. Her teaching focuses on leadership, ethics, and organizational behavior, and her research interests pertain to the same areas with specific focus on workplace spirituality and leadership awareness. She has been widely published in prestigious scholarly journals such as \u003ci\u003eJournal of Business Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Management Development\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBusiness and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Organizational Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrganization Development Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuman Resource Development Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Global Responsibility\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Communication Management\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Organizational Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. \u003cbr\u003eJoan has authored\/co-authored\/co-edited more than 14 books on management and leadership topics, including \u003ci\u003eBusiness and Buddhism\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), in which Buddhism is approached as a leadership psychology, and \u003ci\u003eLeading and Mindful Behavior Action, Wakefulness \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), in which she provides directives to leaders to adopt a wakeful mindset and abstain from the sleepwalking mode. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eCourage in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe Awakened Leader \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), and co-author of, among others, \u003ci\u003eLeading Spiritually \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), \u003ci\u003eBusiness Administration Education\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eLaughter is the Best Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eStories to Tell Your OB Students\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eFrom Me to We\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eManaging in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Workplace and Spirituality\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and Spirituality in the Workplace (2007). \u003cbr\u003eJoan is a co-founder and editor-in-chief of three scholarly journals: \u003ci\u003eThe Business Renaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Global Business Issues\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInterbeing, Journal of Personal and Professional Mastery\u003c\/i\u003e. She presents a weekly radio program titled \"De Andere Kant\" (The Other Side) on Mart Radio, and has been a long-time columnist for \u003ci\u003eDe Ware Tijd\u003c\/i\u003e (The True Times), one of the largest newspapers in Paramaribo, Suriname. More info about Joan Marques is available on her website, joanmarques.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSatinder Dhiman, PhD, EdD, \u003c\/b\u003ecurrently serves as a Professor of Management and as the Associate Dean, Chair, and Director of the MBA Program at Woodbury University's School of Business in Burbank, California. Professor Dhiman has also served as the Chair for a special MBA Program for Mercedes-Benz executives, China. He also serves as Accreditation Mentor ans Site Team Leader for Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) for various universities in America, Canada, Europe, and India. He has been recently elected as the President of International Chamber for Service Industry (ICSI), 2014-2016. He has also completed advanced Executive Leadership Programs at Hartford, Standford, and Wharton. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecipient of several national and international academic and professional honors, Dr. Dhiman won the Woodbury University Ambassador of the Year Award 2015; Steve Allen Excellence in Education Award in 2006, and the prestigious ACBSP International Teacher of the Year Award in 2004. In 2013, Dr. Dhiman was invited to be the opening speaker at the prestigious TeDx Conference @ College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California. He is the founder and Director of Forever Fulfilled, a Los Angeles-based Wellbeing Consultancy that focuses on workplace wellness and self-leadership, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Dhiman' work has been published in multiple national and international journals, and he has authored, co-authored, and co-edited ten books on management and leadership over the last 7 years. His current research on fulfillment, which is also the theme of his book, \u003ci\u003eSeven Habits of Highly Fulfilled People \u003c\/i\u003e(Personhood Press, CA, 2012\/.20145), is focused on transformative habits of the mind for attaining lasting joy and fulfillment in both personal and professional life. In his most recent book, \u003ci\u003eGhandhi and Leadership \u003c\/i\u003e(Palgrave Macmillan, USA, 2015), Dr. Dhiman offers perceptive insights into the spiritual and moral mainstay of Gandhi's exemplary leadership and its abiding influence on the world today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 419\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794434818336,"sku":"9783319809472","price":178.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/990118548d888984bbd32b2a0c60dea8.webp?v=1780729246","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/leadership-today-practices-for-personal-and-professional-performance-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}