Table of Contents

Foreword by Dr Jerry Gule; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Section 1: Setting the Scene; 1. Leadership as strategic organisational capability and intervention by Theo H Veldsman and Andrew J Johnson; Section 2: Conceptual Lens: Leadership Landscape; 2. The Leadership Landscape as meta-framework by Theo H Veldsman; Section 3: Interpretive Lens: Appreciative Inquiry; 3. Appreciative leadership by Freddie Crous; Secton 4: Action Lenses; 4. Neuroscience in leadership by Ingra du Buisson-Narsai and Dan Radecki; 5. Action science by Andrew J Johnson; 6. Psychobiographical profiling by Roelf van Niekerk, Mark Perry and Paul Fouche; 7. Kegan’s competing commitments by Ian Lawson; 8. Arbinger’s changing mindset by Cobus Pienaar and Jim Ferrell; 9. Leadership psychodynamics by Pieter Koortzen; 10. Re-authoring leadership narratives by Chene Swart; 11. Action learning by Rosetta Pillay and Gerrit Walters; Section 5: Leadership Stories; 12. Leadership stories; Bridgette Gasa: Good leaders unite people from Sakebeeld; Johan van Zyl: Get to know yourself early on in your career from Sakebeeld; Dave Macready: Leadership built on vision, belief and passion from Sakebeeld; Gill Marcus: What matters is the greater good by Adriaan Groenewald; Monhla Hlahla: Moving effectively through the stages of leadership impact by Adriaan Groenewald; GT Ferreira, Laurie Dippenaar and Paul Harris: Leader excellence asks for a distinct, shared leadership philosophy by Christel Fourie; Section 6: The Future Of Leadership; 13. The future of leadership by Andrew J Johnson and Theo H Veldsman; Index.

About the Author

DR ANDREW JOHNSON Andrew Johnson is the Chief Learning Officer at Eskom's Academy of Learning. His career has included work at Edcon, MTN, Transnet, Anglovaal Mining and the JSE. He has held various non-executive directorships. He has consulted for several state-owned entities, private companies, and African and BRICS utilities. Andrew was awarded the HR Director of the Year Award by IPM, and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the SABPP. PROF THEO H VELDSMAN Theo Veldsman is one of South Africa's thought leaders on people management and the psychology of work. He is the author of almost 200 technical/consulting reports and articles and has published two books. He consults with many leading South African companies as well as organisations overseas. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, Faculty of Management, University of Johannesburg until the end of 2016, when he retired. He is also a Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from SABPP.

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