Elements of Leadership
Lessons from Avatar the Last Airbender
Published on 12. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-1-80455-076-2 (ISBN)
Description
Leadership literature is dominated by Western paradigms, but what about the lessons of leadership from a cross-cultural perspective?
In this highly readable volume, Sy Islam and Gordon B. Schmidt utilise examples from Avatar: The Last Airbender to bring this unique lens of perspective to a range of leadership behaviour themes. The chapters offer research and evidence-based advice on how to improve as a leader on topics such as ethics, balance, power, cross-cultural leadership, female leadership, succession planning, organizational memory, leadership development, mentorship, and creativity. A focus on leadership helps the reader to see that regardless of their current position or role, they can engage in leadership and have impact, whether a current leader or not. Elements of Leadership connects concepts from the franchise to uncover what the reader can achieve within their own leadership process.
Exploring Effective Leadership Practices through Popular Culture aims to bring examples, theory and methodology of leadership to life by analyzing academic concepts through popular culture examples that will appeal to a broad range of readers.
In this highly readable volume, Sy Islam and Gordon B. Schmidt utilise examples from Avatar: The Last Airbender to bring this unique lens of perspective to a range of leadership behaviour themes. The chapters offer research and evidence-based advice on how to improve as a leader on topics such as ethics, balance, power, cross-cultural leadership, female leadership, succession planning, organizational memory, leadership development, mentorship, and creativity. A focus on leadership helps the reader to see that regardless of their current position or role, they can engage in leadership and have impact, whether a current leader or not. Elements of Leadership connects concepts from the franchise to uncover what the reader can achieve within their own leadership process.
Exploring Effective Leadership Practices through Popular Culture aims to bring examples, theory and methodology of leadership to life by analyzing academic concepts through popular culture examples that will appeal to a broad range of readers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
198 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80455-076-2 (9781804550762)
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E-Book
11/2024
1st Edition
Emerald Publishing Limited
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Persons
Sy Islam is a Co-Founder and Vice President of Consulting with Talent Metrics and Associate Professor of Industrial Organizational Psychology at Farmingdale State College, USA.
Gordon B. Schmidt is Professor of Management and the Director of the Turrentine School of Management at the University of Louisiana Monroe, USA.
Gordon B. Schmidt is Professor of Management and the Director of the Turrentine School of Management at the University of Louisiana Monroe, USA.
Content
Chapter 1. The Elements of Being a Great Avatar and Leader
Chapter 2. The Importance of Balance to Leadership?
Chapter 3. The Avatar Must Consider the Needs of All: Ethics and Power of Being the Avatar
Chapter 4. No Tribe can Succeed on Their Own: The Importance of Cross-cultural Leadership
Chapter 5. Benders (and Leaders) Come in All Genders: Implicit Theories of Leadership and How to Support Leaders of All Genders
Chapter 6. It is Your Destiny! The Impact of Organizational Memory and Succession Planning on Leadership
Chapter 7. You May Be the Avatar, but Are you Ready? The Importance of Leadership Development and Growth
Chapter 8. Patience, My Boy: The Importance of Mentorship to Leaders
Chapter 9. There is Not Just One Way to Do Things: Fostering Creativity like the Earth Kingdom of Omashu
Chapter 10. You Have Completed Your Training Young Bender: How You Can Become the Avatar Leader Your Own Organization and Life Needs
Chapter 2. The Importance of Balance to Leadership?
Chapter 3. The Avatar Must Consider the Needs of All: Ethics and Power of Being the Avatar
Chapter 4. No Tribe can Succeed on Their Own: The Importance of Cross-cultural Leadership
Chapter 5. Benders (and Leaders) Come in All Genders: Implicit Theories of Leadership and How to Support Leaders of All Genders
Chapter 6. It is Your Destiny! The Impact of Organizational Memory and Succession Planning on Leadership
Chapter 7. You May Be the Avatar, but Are you Ready? The Importance of Leadership Development and Growth
Chapter 8. Patience, My Boy: The Importance of Mentorship to Leaders
Chapter 9. There is Not Just One Way to Do Things: Fostering Creativity like the Earth Kingdom of Omashu
Chapter 10. You Have Completed Your Training Young Bender: How You Can Become the Avatar Leader Your Own Organization and Life Needs