Leadership: The Essential Competencies For the 21st Century

With the new reality of the 21st century, much has been written about the leadership skills for the 21st century contributing more to the profusion and bringing more confusion and less clarity. This book, grounded in research, reviews 150 years of leadership competencies publications to provide a uniquely comprehensive clear set of the required leadership competencies for the 21st century, including tips to put them in practice. The book also answers essential questions such as: what is leadership and are leaders born or made? A must-read for : everyone wishing to become an effective leader for our current times, human resources professionals in their quest to recruit and develop talents, managing directors and CEOs to create in their organizations a leadership culture adapted to the 21st century, leaders in the education industry to adjust their training programs and curriculums, and anyone that intends to identify the relevant competencies to accelerate their career in the 21st century.