Jonathan Gosling

Stephanie Jones

This is a one-of-a-kind look at Nelson and his leadership skills Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson has been widely admired as a celebrated and effective leader. His dynamic approach to leadership and management has now been translated into a timeless, practical and contemporary insight for today's managers. Nelson's Way will bring 'The Nelson Touch' of luck, inspiration and leadership to everyone. Explaining how Nelson embodies the characteristics of the most successful of leaders, from bravery to determination, inspiration to luck and simplicity to unconventionality. Jones and Gosling explore and examine the self-made legend set against the backdrop of the high-seas, personal sacrifice, debilitating injuries and glorious conquests. With chapters including: Making Heroes, The Band of Brothers and Creating (and Sustaining) a Legend, Nelson's Way incorporates the latest research and joins a series of ground-breaking studies applying historical biography to business to create the most comprehensive insight into Nelson, his heroic exploits and legendary leadership skills.

Leadership Lessons from the Great Commander

Nelson's Way

Nelson's Way addresses the realities of Nelson's career, asking pragmatic questions in search of practical answers that can be applied to real careers today. It shows how much Nelson still has to teach us, and how much we still have to learn from him. Nelson's Way arrives at the right time and on the right lines."From the Foreword by N.A.M. Rodger, author of The Command of the OceanVice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson has been widely admired as an exemplary leader. His dynamic approach to leadership and management has now been distilled into a series of practical insights for today's managers. Nelson's Way brings 'the Nelson Touch' - his vision, courage, and above all, leadership skills to a new generation. With contributions from well-known leadership experts including Sir John Harvey-Jones, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, John Adair, Greg Dyke and Dr Henry Mintzberg, Nelson's Way incorporates the latest research and joins a series of ground-breaking studies applying historical biography to leadership. The book delivers radical new insights into Nelson, his heroic exploits and legendary leadership skills, his passions, sacrifices and victories. Against the backdrop of the high seas in the Napoleonic wars, Jones and Gosling explain how Nelson dedicated himself completely to his profession and beloved Navy. A manager as well as an inspiring leader, he was concerned about every ship and every seaman, as well as honour and glory. Always visible, he led from the front. A participative rather than directive leader, sharing the excitement and initiative of command, he nevertheless bore final responsibility. Prepared to die for the cause, he was a legend in his lifetime. Now everyone can be inspired by Nelson's legend and aspiring leaders can learn how to recreate 'the Nelson Touch'."The lessons from Nelson's leadership are even more appropriate today than they were two centuries ago. The freely given support of all your people is the key to competitive success." Sir John Harvey-JonesContentsForward by N.A.M. RodgerIntroduction: Why Nelson?1 Heroism: The Making of a Legend, 1758-1770s2 Vocation: Learning the Ropes, 1770s-17933 Courage: Leading from the Front, 1793-17984 Passion: Public Life and Private Life, 1798-18015 Loyalty: The Band of Brothers, 1801-18036 Diligence: Running a Tight Ship, 1803-18057 Inspiration: Winning Hearts on the Lower Deck, 18058 Glory: A Hard Act to Follow, Trafalgar 18059 Leadership Lessons from the Great CommanderContributorsBibliographyIndexAcknowledgmentsIllustration Credits.

Sally Jeanrenaud

Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud

What is a 'one planet' approach to sustainable business? Why is it important? What are businesses doing to achieve sustainability? What do business leaders need to learn? Sustainable Business: A One Planet Approach is a textbook for contemporary business. Recognizing the realities of global sustainability challenges, this book covers the knowledge, frameworks and techniques that will underpin emerging solutions to those challenges. Published in association with WWF (The World Wide Fund for Nature) Sustainable Business is an ideal basis for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level looking to master an understanding of the relationship between sustainability and business. Edited by three influential figures from sustainable business education, and co-authored by several leading academics, this book offers a wealth of insight and interpretation into new ways of doing business that have a positive impact on people, planet and prosperity. In addition to the many case studies and real-life examples included throughout the book, lecturer slides and recommended web links can be accessed at www.wiley.com. Sustainable Business also includes a foreword by Yolanda Kakabadse, President of WWF. The Editors are co-founders of the One Planet MBA at Exeter University, UK and Directors of OPEN for Business (One Planet Education Network).

A One Planet Approach

Sustainable Business

Jean Paul Jeanrenaud

Foreword -- Preface -- Challenging : an overview of our one planet predicament / Sally Jeanrenaud and Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud -- Changing : towards a one planet approach / Sally Jeanrenaud and Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud -- Leading / Jonathan Gosling and Prasad Kaipa -- Valuing / Catherine Cameron -- Collaborating / Ward Crawford -- Strategizing : does your business have a strategy for a resource depleted world? / Nadya Zhexembayeva and Judith Jordan -- Organizing / Morgen Witzel -- Investing : responsible investment and its role in a sustainable economy / Rory Sullivan -- Innovating / John Bessant and Palie Smart -- Operating : the sustainable supply chain / Mickey Howard, Fu Jia and Zhaohui Wu -- Marketing : sustainability marketing : building relationships for one planet living / Ken Peattie and Frank-Martin Belz -- Accounting / Stephen Jollands -- Entrepreneurship / Tony Cooke -- Transitioning : what does sustainability for business really mean? : and when is a business truly sustainable? / Thomas Dyllick and Katrin Muff -- Conclusion : a one planet approach / Sally Jeanrenaud, Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud and, Jonathan Gosling -- Index

Peter Villiers

Management theory is vague about the experience of leading. Success, power, achievement are discussed but less focus is given to negative experiences leaders faced such as loneliness or disappointment. This book addresses difficult-to-explore aspects of leadership through well-known works of literature drawing lessons from fictional leaders.

Heroes, Villans and Absent Friends

Fictional Leaders

Scott Taylor

Richard Bolden

Beverley Hawkins

Are leaders born or made? Does each society get the leaders it deserves? How-and why-is leadership 'rhetoric' different from leadership in reality? l l Leadership is one of the most talked about yet least understood concepts in current business and society. This book explores how theoretical models and views of leadership have evolved over time; how leadership can be investigated from individual, organizational, and societal perspectives; and perennial dilemmas and emerging approaches in Leadership Studies. Positioning its discussion within a multidisciplinary framework that touches on management, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, history, literature, and politics, this book examines and critiques the common assumptions that inform the ways in which leaders and leadership are recognized, rewarded, and developed. It provides a valuable and thought-provoking overview for students and academics interested in leadership and management, practising leaders, leadership development consultants, and policy makers.

Individual, Organizational, and Societal Perspectives

Exploring Leadership

Antonio Marturano

This is an indispensable and authoritative guide to the most crucial ideas, concepts and debates surrounding the study and exercise of leadership. Bringing together entries written by a wide range of international experts, this is an essential desktop resource for managers and leaders in all kinds of institutions and organizations, as well as students of business, sociology and politics. Topics covered in this guide include: authority creativity cross-cultural leadership motivation emotional intelligence group dynamics.

Leadership: The Key Concepts

Are you puzzled by how to approach and resolve the leadership dilemmas which arise in your everyday experience, and for which you do not feel prepared? Do you wish that the conventional textbook on management and leadership seemed somehow more relevant to you, and that the challenges it posed seemed, perhaps, a little moreâ€¦ challenging? Why is it that we find some of the characters of fiction so engrossing? Why do we identify with them and their dilemmas, and why do they remain in our minds long after we have "finished" the book in question? We suggest that literature and the fictional leaders it contains have very much more to offer us than a "good read," and that this is a neglected source. Fictional Leaders contains sixteen in-depth and fascinating studies of leaders all over the world. Perhaps your favorite fictional hero, villain or absent friend is already amongst them!

Jonathan Gosling

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