Leading for Change

This book offers new theoretical ground for thinking about, and transforming, leadership and higher education worldwide. It examines the construct of intimacy and 'nearness', including emotional, spiritual, psychic, intellectual, and physical closeness, demonstrating its power to influence positive leadership in young people.

Jonathan Jansen is Vice Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State, South Africa, and President of the South African Institute of Race Relations. He is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and a Fellow of the Academy of Science of the Developing World. In 2013 he was awarded the Education Africa Lifetime Achiever Award in New York and the Spendlove Award from the University of California, USA, for his contributions to tolerance, democracy and human rights.