Padilla's Leadership brings a more holistic and comprehensive view to the leadership-followership process by focusing on all three of these critical aspects (leader, follower, organizational setting) – something no other book on the market does. Padilla offers the strongest and most contemporary research and theory (as the reviewers have also confirmed) and unique ideas and topic coverage surrounding the dynamics of leaders, followers, and organizational settings.
CHAPTER 1 Prologue
CHAPTER 2 On Leadership
CHAPTER 3 Self-Awareness and Skill Development
CHAPTER 4 The Leaders
CHAPTER 5 The Followers
CHAPTER 6 The Environments
CHAPTER 7 Toxic Leadership
CHAPTER 8 Epilogue
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index
Professor Art Padilla teaches and writes about organizational leadership and strategy. He currently serves as the head of the Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (MIE) department at NC State where he oversees the work of 30 faculty and staff members.?Before returning to his alma mater, Dr. Padilla served as academic vice president in the 16-campus University of North Carolina, administering the review and establishment academic programs and centers across the 16 campuses. Since returning to Raleigh, he has served as Executive Assistant to the Chancellor and Secretary of the University.
In 2006, the NC State Board of Trustees unanimously awarded Dr. Padilla the Holladay Medal (named after the university's first president), the foremost honor a faculty member may receive for contributions in teaching, research, and public service. He has also won two Fulbright Scholarships for study abroad and is a peer reviewer for the Fulbright Foundation. He has served as consultant to community colleges,lĂ/