The Practice of Leadership

This book includes contributions from top scholars who outline the best leadership practices for the benefit of the practicing leader. Each chapter focuses on a specific area of leadership practice and ends with a set of "take away" best practices in each area--an executive summary in reverse--that will serve as a quick reference for those who might want to peruse chapters, but still extract the best practices, as well as a summary for those who thoroughly read each chapter. "Jay Alden Conger and Ronald Riggio have brought together a galaxy of sophisticated yet practical experts on leadership, stressing both the complexity and indispensability of both transactional and transforming leadership, with the blessing of the pioneering student of leadership, Bernie Bass." --James MacGregor Burns, professor emeritus, Willams College, and Pulitzer Prize winner

The Editors Jay A. Conger holds the Kravis Research Chair in Leadership Studies at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of twelve books, and he researches executive leadership, organizational change, boards of directors, executive derailment, and leadership development. BusinessWeek described him as the best professor to teach leadership to executives. Ronald E. Riggio is Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology, and Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College. Riggio is the author or editor of over a dozen books and nearly 100 articles and book chapters.

Foreword vii Bernard M. Bass About the Authors ix Introduction 01 Jay A. Conger and Ronald E. Riggio Part One: Leadership Development and Selection 09 1 Best Practices in Leader Selection 11 Ann Howard 2 Best Practices in Leadership Assessment 41 Manuel London, James W. Smither, and Thomas Diamante 3 Shifting the Emphasis of Leadership Development: From "Me" to "All of Us" 64 Patricia M. G. O'Connor and David V. Day 4 Getting Leader Development Right: Competence Not Competencies 87 Morgan W. McCall Jr. and George P. Hollenbeck Part Two: The Tasks of the Leader 107 5 Best Practices in the Use of Proactive Influence Tactics by Leaders 109 Gary Yukl 6 Creating the Conditions for Success: Best Practices in Leading for Innovation 129 Michael D. Mumford, Dawn L. Eubanks, and Stephen T. Murphy 7 Best Practices in Ethical Leadership 150 Craig E. Johnson 8 Best Practices in Team Leadership: What Team Leaders Do to Facilitate Team Effectiveness 172 Kevin C. Stagl, Eduardo Salas, and C. Shawn Burke Part Three: Leading the Organization 199 9 Best Practices in Leading Organizational Change: Workplace Recovery Following Major Organizational Transitions 201 Mitchell Lee Marks 10 Best Practices in Leading at Strategic Levels: A Social Responsibility Perspective 224 David A. Waldman 11 Best Practices in Corporate Boardroom Leadership 244 Jay A. Conger Part Four: Leading in Today's World 261 12 Best Practices in Leading under Crisis: Bottom-Up Leadership, or How to Be a Crisis Champion 263 Ian I. Mitroff 13 Best Practices in Leading Diverse Organizations 277 Lynn R. Offermann and Kenneth Matos 14 Best Practices in Cross-Cultural Leadership 300 Mary B. Teagarden 15 Getting It Right: The Practice of Leadership 331 Ronald E. Riggio and Jay A. Conger Notes 345 Index 389