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African leadership : powerful paradigms for the 21st century /

African Leadership is an edited collection enriched by the people who have lived and experienced indigenous leadership first-hand, demonstrating how African leadership is distinctive from usual Western hegemonic paradigms.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Elkington, Rob (CEO of Global Leadership Initiatives, Inc.) (Editor), Ngunjiri, Faith Wambura, 1973- (Editor), Burgess, Gloria, 1953- (Editor), Majola, Xoliswa (Editor), Schwella, Erwin (Editor), Klerk, Nico de (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Leadership > Africa.
Leadership.
Africa.
Table of Contents:
  • African leadership: where powerful paradigms are unearthed through radical scholarship and scholar-practitioner dialogue / r Faith Wambura Ngunjiri
  • African political leadership
  • Leadership capabilities for the 21st century development of Africa: a paradigm shift in poltiical leadership for econmic emancipation / Edward O. Akoto, Eunice V. Akoto and Justice N. Bawole
  • Political leadership and ubuntu for public sector performance for South Africa / S.A. Mthuli, N. Singh, and P.S. Reddy
  • African healthcare leadership
  • Empowering women in leadership: a transformational approach to redefining healthcare in developing African countries / Kutisha T. Ebron and Anthony C. Andenoro
  • Developing strategic relationships and diffusion networks for healthcare innovation: saving lives through leadership / Anthony C. Andenoro
  • African healthcare leadership lessons from 2014 to 2016 Ebola crisis / Pierre Balamou and Paul R. Sachs
  • A demonstration of exceptional leadership amidst the HIV/AIDS scourge: chronicling the journey of resilience, courage and hope of the former president of Botswana, Festus Gontebanye Mogae from 1998 to 2007 / Keba T. Modisane
  • African business leadership
  • Innovative entrepreneurship in challenging contexts: innovative human resource practice among Ghanaian female entrepreneurs / Rachel Hansen-Garshong, Feikoab Parimah, Elias Kekesi and Collins Badu Agyemang
  • African business leadership: powerful paradigms for the 21st century innovation / Nancy L. Bailey
  • Black girl magic or queen bee: an exploration of gendered leadership in South Africa / Aradhana Ramnund-Mansingh
  • African grassroots leadership and African diaspora leadership
  • Redefining leadership through grassroots and political leadership: a story of three movements / Trisha Gott, Seydina M. Ndiaye, Linda Sibanyoni and Ahmed Afi
  • Wangari Maathai: "We can never give up" / Susanne Dumbleton
  • Embedding a coaching culture: opportunities, strategies, and challenges / Jacqueline A. Abuor, Marisa Alicea, Patricia M. Bombard, Margaret Mutiso, Florence Ochanda, Kathleen M. Vaughan and Neil J. Vincent
  • Micro to macro: from practitioners to advocates / Joan F. Burke
  • African leadership in the diaspora: collective, constructionist, and practice approaches to leadership / Abdul-Latif Alhassan and Brandon W. Kliewer
  • Concluding section
  • Conclusion: what we learn from African leadership / Gloria J. Burgess.