An insight into the 'black-box' of leadership learning that acts as a companion to guide leadership development. It has been written to enable the reader to reflect on their own experience and critique this against four case profiles of leadership learning: the public and private sectors; women managers; and owner-managers.

Autorentext
STEVE KEMPSTER is Professor of Leadership and Head of the School of Business and Enterprise at Cumbria University, UK. Previously Steve was at Lancaster University Management School where he was Director of the Management Development and Project Management Divisions, Director of the Lancaster Leadership Centre and Director of the Full-time MBA. Recently Steve was Executive Director of the Northern Leadership Academy.

Inhalt
PART I Introduction: How Do Managers Learn to Lead? PART II What is Leadership, and Can it Be Learnt? How do we Learn? What is Understood about Leadership Learning and Development? So What do we know so far about Leadership Learning? PART III Revealing Leadership Learning From Lived Experience What are the Underlying Influences on Leadership Learning? Towards an Explanation of Leadership Learning Conclusion Epilogue References Index