| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Across organisations and communities there are leaders who manage to get things done through their ability to understand how a network of individuals connect, who to talk to and how to bring people together in the right constellation of effort. These are 'network leaders'. Network Leadership enables readers to identify and make the most of informal social and organisational networks in order to challenge the status quo effectively and facilitate greater engagement and productivity. Not only will the research in these chapters help you become a better leader and manager of your own team or department, it will also help make you a better network leader, effecting positive change across teams, and departmental and organisational boundaries. Leaders who facilitate action do so through four key practices: they understand the social systems in which they work; they have convening power, uncovering and connecting underlying movements and giving voice to something that is worth listening to; they lead beyond their formal authority; and they possess the power of restless persuasion and a capacity to thrive in complexity and crises. This book is invaluable reading for those who have mastered the basics of leadership but wish to take the next steps. It is particularly relevant to organisations and managers dealing with the geographic separation of business units, change, innovation, matrix management, project or portfolio management and other cross-departmental projects. James Whitehead is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, and an Associate of PSA Training and Development, where he worked as senior lead consultant for six years before taking up his current post. Prior to that he was an officer in the British Army, specializing in leadership and management education and influence operations in Afghanistan. Mike Peckham is Managing Partner at Gadhia Consultants, Managing Director of PSA Training and Development and Chairman of Airbox Systems"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
James Whitehead is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, and an Associate of PSA Training and Development, where he worked as senior lead consultant for six years before taking up his current post. Prior to that he was an officer in the British Army, specializing in leadership and management education and influence operations in Afghanistan. Mike Peckham is Managing Partner at Gadhia Consultants, Managing Director of PSA Training and Development and Chairman of Airbox Systems. |
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Leadership.
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Business networks -- Social aspects.
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Organizational resilience.
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Leadership. |
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Réseaux d'affaires -- Aspect social. |
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Résilience organisationnelle. |
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Leadership |
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Organizational resilience |
| Added Author |
Peckham, Mike, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Whitehead, James Network leadership Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367544140 (DLC) 2021046988 |
| ISBN |
9781003092582 electronic book |
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1003092586 electronic book |
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9781000551235 electronic book |
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1000551237 electronic book |
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9781000551280 electronic book |
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1000551288 electronic book |
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hardcover |
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paperback |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003092582 doi |
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