Knowledge Development through Hybrid Leadership Practices

Character Development through Spiritual Leadership

How to develop the character of leaders is a challenging question pursued by managers, psychologists, and consultants. To address this question, the authors introduce a developmental model for character growth. The model proposes that the integration of the leader’s core values and beliefs into the self-identity is at the heart of character development. The supporting character strengths of age...

Driving Organizational Practices through Knowledge

E-MAIL: [email protected] or [email protected]. Among the central decisions that each week confront a major international weekly news magazine such as TIME Magazine is what to run as its cover story. Barring any sudden or critical global event, which would pre-empt other options, the editorial board faces an array of choices: local politics, cultural trends, a leading celebrity from a particu...

African Leadership: Surfacing New Understandings through Leadership Development

Measuring leadership practices of nurses using the Leadership Practices Inventory.

BACKGROUND Originally developed for educational use, the Leadership Practice Inventory (LPI) is used to measure leadership practices in nursing research. There is limited reporting of LPI psychometric properties when used to measure leadership practices of nurses. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate psychometric properties of the LPI when used to measure the leadership practices of nurs...

AdvAnced PrActices council Driving Competitive Strategy Through Thought Leadership

The Society for Information Management's (SIM) Advanced Practices Council (APC) is an exclusive forum for senior IT executives who value directing and applying pragmatic research; exploring emerging IT issues in-depth; and hearing different, global perspectives from colleagues in other industries. Executive Summary With rising economic pressures and frustration with existing information systems...