Books like Leadership: Theory and Practice

One of my Fall 2011 accomplishments! Thanks to Reid for plowing through this one with me. It was one of those books that I felt I should read, since it's a best selling text in leadership. I'm glad I did. The first 1/3 was slow going, discussing older theories that seemed to have serious faults and limited applicability. But, it was good history and context for the leadership instructor. The next 1/3 contained discussion of transformational leadership and authentic leadership that really put a lot of the research that I've been reading in perspective, explaining their fundamental precepts, genus and models. The final 1/3 uses different authors and covers more trendy issues, including a nice summary of team leadership that has challenged me to take our instruction on this to the next level. The chapter on women in leadership firmed my resolve to continue thinking about how to best address this in the elective curriculum, as well.In general, I found the book to be a very effective overview, covering lots of ground relatively quickly. The format of each chapter is standard and effective in providing a broad, balanced review of each subject area.I would recommend that at least one pharmacy leadership instructor on a school's leadership instructional team consider reading this one.