Snapshots of Great Leadership

by Jon P. Howell, Isaac Wanasika, Maria J. Mendez

Overview

Snapshots of Great Leadership offers a thorough look into leaders who have either accomplished amazing feats or brought destruction. Now in its third edition, this key volume explores what it means to be a great leader, and clearly explains the lives, triumphs and challenges of a range of diverse leaders across history and into the modern day.

Packed into easily digestible chapters, the authors demonstrate how although the goals of these individuals were often quite different, the leadership processes they used were frequently similar. The opening chapter explains the latest theories of leadership and this new edition features one new leadership theory, Authentic Leadership, as well as recent research findings on the most popular theories. The authors have replaced nine leaders from earlier editions with new leaders including Elon Musk, Maria Montessori and Virginia Hall. These new leaders exemplify unique leadership attributes and outstanding leadership effectiveness. Each leader snapshot adds an important "reality check" to the theories and models described in most introductory leadership textbooks, making this a key text for students taking leadership courses.

Scholars and students of leadership and management, will benefit from this accessible and comprehensive volume, as will leadership practitioners looking to reflect on and develop their own leadership skills. Offering valuable insights into the lives of historical and corporate leaders, the book is a compelling read for casual readers as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040257135
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/09/2024
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360

About the Author

Jon P. Howell was Professor Emeritus of Management in the College of Business at New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA.

Isaac Wanasika is Chair and Professor of Management at the University of Northern Colorado (UNCO), USA.

Maria J. Mendez is Associate Professor of Management at California State University, Chico (CSUC), USA.

Table of Contents

Part I Theoretical Basis of Leadership
1. Theories of Leadership

Part II Snapshots of Great Leadership
2. Harriet Tubman: Anti-Slavery Patriot, Soldier and Activist
3. Indra Nooyi: CEO of PepsiCo
4. Bill Wilson: Cofounder and Leader of Alcoholics Anonymous
5. Atatürk: Father of Modern Turkey
6. Maria Montessori: The Medical Doctor who Revolutionized Early Childhood Education
7. César Chávez: American Labor Leader
8. Winston Churchill: British Prime Minister, Wartime Leader and Statesman
9. Margaret Sanger: Leader of the Movement to Legalize Contraceptives
10. Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany
11. Martin Luther King, Jr.: American Civil Rights Leader
12. Virginia Hall: Virginia Hall was a Spy!
13. Anita Roddick: Founder and CEO of The Body Shop
14. Mohandas Gandhi: Indian Political and Spiritual Leader
15. Wilma Mankiller: The Chief who united the Cherokee Nation
16. Pat Summitt: Women’s Basketball Coach
17. Steve Jobs: CEO and Cofounder of Apple, Inc.
18. Konosuke Matsushita: Japanese Industrial Leader
19. Mary Kay Ash: Founder and CEO of Mary Kay Cosmetics
20. Ernest Shackleton: Antarctic Explorer
21. Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States
22. Leymah Gbowee: Liberian Leader of Women in Peacebuilding Network
23. Nelson Mandela: Human Rights Leader and President of South Africa
24. Geronimo: Apache Native American War Leader
25. Jose María Arizmendiarrieta: The Priest who Built the Largest Industrial Cooperative in the World
26. Napoleon Bonaparte: French Military and Political Leader
27. Nicolas Hayek: Swiss Watch Executive
28. Father Greg Boyle: Founder of Homeboy Industries
29. Elizabeth Holmes: Innovation through Blood and Deception

Part III Snapshots of Bad Leadership
30. Bernie Ebbers: Corporate Executive
31. Sepp Blatter: Past President of FIFA
32. Adolf Hitler: Chancellor of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
33. Idi Amin: President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
34. David Koresh: Religious Cult Leader

Part IV Snapshots of Great or Bad Leadership: You Decide
35. Elon Musk: CEO of Tesla and Visionary Inventor
36. Jeff Bezos: Internet Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Amazon
37. Mark Zuckerberg: Meta CEO (formerly Facebook)
38. Aung San Suu Kyi: Leader of Myanmar Democracy Movement
39. Travis Kalanick: Cofounder and Former CEO of Uber
Conclusion

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

'Jon Howell is a well known researcher in the leadership field who has done a great service to students of leadership with this new book. He has plowed through a huge body of knowledge, and given students learning points and insights that no one before him had noticed. Jon has revealed the human side of leadership. This book reveals the flawed, yet admirable qualities of the leaders he describes, and shows us how deeply we are influenced by our upbringings, and by the people who we grow up with in what truly can be called "the formative years". The leaders presented in this book have made their marks in very different fields. Snapshots of Great Leadership provides a lens with which to view the leaders today with the benefit of our various theories and 21^st century insight.' - Steve Kerr, Provost, Chancellor University, Senior Advisor, Goldman Sachs

'What do Steve Jobs, Mother Teresa, Abraham Lincoln, Pat Summit, Geronimo, and Konosuke Matsushita have in common? Maybe several things, but, as the author makes clear, all have been great leaders in widely diverse settings, circumstances, and organizations. They and their life stories, along with 19 other remarkable leaders from all walks of life, are engagingly profiled in this extremely readable book. As an added bonus, as it were, five influential "bad" leaders are covered in the final chapters. All told, this combination, along with an opening chapter that succinctly reviews the major theories of leadership, provides instructors with a highly useful book for any class on leadership. It provides many, many concrete examples of leadership behavior in action, and I predict that students will greet these snapshots of great leaders with great enthusiasm!' - Lyman Porter, University of California, Irvine.

"I teach leadership at the undergraduate and graduate levels. I think Jon Howell has done all faculty teaching leadership a huge favor by compiling this book of outstanding leaders (and a few bad ones) in Snapshots of Great Leadership. My experience confirms his; students derive the most learning from learning about what real leaders do and have done. Learning about the theories follows far more easily with this as the starting point. I would use this book as a stand-alone text. The theories can be expanded upon as needed. This book saves countless hours trying to amass the backgrounds and experiences of extraordinary leaders to use in our leadership classes." - Leanne Atwater, Chairperson and Professor, Department of Management, University of Houston

'Students and faculty are always searching for cogent examples of good and bad leadership. This book makes leadership theory and research come alive with a host of compelling cases, present and past, from a variety of walks of life including business, government, the military, sports, and religion. The rich biographies are excellent stimuli for discussion, analysis, and comparison. Managers and executives will find the cases intriguing. They shed light on leadership that goes beyond what people commonly know, or think they know, about well-known, and some not-so-well-known entrepreneurs, CEOs, and officials.' - Manuel London, Dean, College of Business, State University of New York at Stony Brook

'We’ve needed a resource like this for a long time. The snapshots provide compelling illustrations of different types of leaders and their actions…including "bad" leaders. This is just what we’ve needed to bring these leadership concepts home to our students.' - James Weber, Management Department, GR Herberger Business School, St. Cloud State University

Editorial Reviews

"In Snapshots of Great Leadership 2e, Jon Howell and Isaac Wanasika provide very clear syntheses of leadership theories and the matrix they provide of how good and bad leadership relates to specific theories is invaluable. This text could effectively be used as a primary or secondary text in teaching leadership. In short, it is an excellent resource that is both substantive and user-friendly." - Peter G. Northouse, Western Michigan University, USA

From the Publisher