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This new edition of the book continues to build on the concepts and techniques of situational leadership. It focuses on the behavioural aspects of managing organizations and how they apply to planning and organizing leading them to improved productivity as opposed to the earlier approach of managing people as resources, primarily focussed on statistics and numbers. New content on following key topics is included in the new edition: Motivation: Emergence of the progress motive, renewal of the purpose motive Emotional intelligence: Cultivating self-awareness as a leader Teams: Building the collective EQ of a team Communication: Gender and generational differences; when conversations falter Decision Making: How brain structure and contexts impact decisions Performance Management: Balanced scorecard metrics, feedforward Leadership: Strengths and myths Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1 Leadership and Management: Applied Behavioral Sciences Approach Chapter 2 Motivation and Behavior Chapter 3 Classic Motivational Theories Chapter 4 Leadership: An Initial Perspective Chapter 5 Leadership: Situational Approaches Chapter 6 Determining Effectiveness Chapter 7 Situational Leadership Chapter 8 Situational Leadership: The Perception and Impact of Power Chapter 9 Situational Leadership: Training and Development Chapter 10 The Situational Leader and Constructive Discipline Chapter 11 Self-Awareness and Leadership Style Chapter 12 Effective Communication Chapter 13 Leading Effective Teams Chapter 14 Implementing Situational Leadership: Managing Performance Chapter 15 Implementing Situational Leadership: Making Decisions, Building Commitments Chapter 16 Planning and Implementing Change Chapter 17 Leadership Strategies for Organizational Transformation Chapter 18 Synthesizing Management Theory: Integrating Situational Leadership with the Classics Index