Part I: The Content of Leadership. Core Functions of Leaders. Other Key Functions of Leaders. Leadership, Authority and Collaboration. Leadership: Character or Competence? Destructive Reactions to Leaders: The Isolation-Attack Dynamic. Handling Attacks on Leaders. Part II: The Leadership Context. Oppression and Leadership. Internalized Oppression. Theories of Internalized Oppression. A Psychology of the Middle Class. Identity and the Process of Liberation. Part III: Strategies and Skills. Change and Influence Strategies. Conflict Resolution Skills. Problem-Solving Skills.
Formerly the National College of Industrial Relations, Dublin, Ireland. Sean Ruth now runs his own training and consultancy business specializing in leadership development, conflict resolution, liberation and equality.
"Leadership and Liberation is thoroughly engaging, with conceptual
and methodological issues well integrated. Many authors speak of
the primacy of the person in the work place and of developing
future leaders but Sean Ruth acknowledges the strengths and the
difficulties, opens up learning and inspires the reader. The book
is profound but should be fully accessible to the reader." - Dr
Concepta Conaty, The Department of Education and Science,
Dublin"[Ruth] strays close to the recently articulated notion of
the psychological contract and stretches the leadership and its HR
dimensions into new territory. Ruth's book is divided into three
sections: the content of leadership, the leadership context and
finally strategies and skill. It is a provoking well-written read
and its main theme as well as the sections on conflict resolution
will be of particular interest to IR and HR practitioners." - Tim
Hastings, in Labour Relations Commission Review, Eire, Summer
2006."This is a groundbreaking text and will provide inspiration
for leaders and aspiring leaders alike. ... The writing of this
book is itself an act of leadership on the part of the author.
Leaders reading this book will gain insight and clarity regarding
their role, and find support and wisdom for the task ahead. They
will be introduced to new and challenging ideas. They will also
have an opportunity to bring these ideas into dialogue with their
own experience as the author presents questions for reflection at
the end of each chapter. These questions should also prove an
invaluable aid to those who might wish to read the book in a study
group context. Leadership teams, in my view, would benefit greatly
from reading the book in this way. ... I recommend this text to all
who wish to learn more about and to reflect on their own experience
of leadership." - Kevin Egan, Head of Dept. of Behavioural Studies,
All Hallows College, Dublin, in Religious Life Review, July
2006.
"Leadership and Liberation is thoroughly engaging, with conceptual
and methodological issues well integrated. Many authors speak of
the primacy of the person in the work place and of developing
future leaders but Sean Ruth acknowledges the strengths and the
difficulties, opens up learning and inspires the reader. The book
is profound but should be fully accessible to the reader." - Dr
Concepta Conaty, The Department of Education and Science,
Dublin"[Ruth] strays close to the recently articulated notion of
the psychological contract and stretces the leadership and its HR
dimension s into new territory. Ruth's book is divided into three
sections: the content of leadership, the leadership context and
finally strategies and skill. It is a provoking well-written read
and its main theme as well as the sections on conflict resolution
will be of particular interest to IR and HR practitioners" - Tim
Hastings, in Labour Relations Commission Review, Eire, Summer
2006."This is a groundbreaking text and will provide inspiration
for leaders and aspiring leaders alike. ... The writing of this
book is itself an act of leadership on the part of the author.
Leaders reading this book will gain insight and clarity regarding
their role, and find support and wisdom for the task ahead. They
will be introduced to new and challenging ideas. They will also
have an opportunity to bring these ideas into dialogue with their
own experience as the author presents questions for reflection at
the end of each chapter. These questions should also prove an
invaluable aid to those who might wish to read the book in a study
group context. Leadership teams, in my view, would benefit greatly
from reading the book in this way. ... I recommend this text to all
who wish to learn more about and to reflect on their own experience
of leadership." - Kevin Egan, Head of Dept. of Behavioural Studies,
All Hallows College, Dublin, in Religious Life Review, July 2006.
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