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Chapter 11

The following list of books, journals, films, TV programmes and web links are especially recommended as resources you may find helpful for further study on the subject of 'Strategic Leadership'


Whittington, R (2001) What is strategy and does it matter, Second Edition, Thomson, (Chapter 3, Strategic Leadership).
Provides a critical review of strategic leadership literature making the point that the term ‘leader’ has different connotations in different cultures.

Beeson, John; Rowe, John W.; Reilly, Edward; Conger, Jay A.; Ready, Douglas A.; Jordan, Michael, ‘Indispensable’. Harvard Business Review, Sep 2006, Vol. 84 Issue 9, p37-50, 9p, 2c, 5bw; (AN 21897012).
The authors present a fictional case study illustrating the importance of succession planning for the exit of a leader.

Fineman, S (2003), Understanding emotion at work, Sage (Chapters 4 and 6).
Chapter 4 critically reviews some of the literature on emotional intelligence challenging its assertions and assumptions. Chapter 6 illustrates how leadership is an emotional activity.

Heller, Robert, ‘Effective leaders should go back to the front line’.The Observer [http://observer.guardian.co.uk], October 28 2007.
Robert Heller presents a cynical view of some of the business literature on leadership.

Mendonca, L, T and Miller, M (2007) ‘Crafting a message that sticks: An interview with Chip Heath’. McKinsey Quarterly, November 2007.
Chip Heath talks about the ‘stickiness’ of ideas – how some messages delivered by leaders are memorable, and some are not.