Leadership Psychology: How the BEST Leaders Inspire Their People

  • 5h 20m
  • Alan Cutler
  • Kogan Page
  • 2014

Leadership Psychology enables leaders to achieve greater success for themselves and their organizations by providing a better understanding of the psychological relationships at play within working environments. It outlines how inspirational leaders across a range of award-winning companies understand their employees' psychological needs and use that knowledge to affect behavior and enhance performance.

The book showcases examples of leadership best practice in businesses featured in The 2013 Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for Survey. It analyzes and evaluates exclusive information gained through in-depth interviews with the most highly regarded leaders of a special selection of these winning companies and uses the underpinning principles of occupational psychology to reveal modern trends in working practice.

Cutler offers up-to-the-minute, practical guidance to executives holding operational or strategic leadership positions in businesses of all shapes and sizes.

About the Author

Alan Cutler has had a varied career, including 16 years commissioned service in the Royal Air Force and Head of Hospitality Services at Aston University. For the past 14 years he has run his own training and consulting company, Hospitality Leadership. He is also a Senior Associate of Adair International and a Fellow of both the Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Hospitality.

In this Book

  • Leadership Psychology—How the BEST Leaders Inspire their People
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Leadership theory– past and present
  • Future challenges – the 21st-century leader
  • Motivation – the enduring principles
  • The emotionally intelligent leader– identifying and controlling emotions
  • Leader development – identifying and promoting the inner self
  • The psychological contract – unwritten expectations of leaders and followers
  • Strategic leadership – navigating a course into an uncertain future
  • Extreme leadership – leading when life is threatened
  • Future leadership – the way forward
  • A final thought…
  • References
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