The Authentic Leader

Neil Thompson is a highly respected writer, teacher and adviser, with over 36 years' experience in the people professions. He has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities, and is now a sought-after trainer, consultant and conference speaker. He runs the Avenue Professional Development Programme, an online learning community for people professionals. His website and blog are at www.neilthompson.info. A free subscription to his humansolutions newsletter is available from: http://www.humansolutions.org.uk/bulletin.

Preface
Introduction
PART I: LEADERSHIP IN CONTEXT
1. Problems with Leadership Theory
2. Problems with Leadership Practice
3. Leadership in Social Context
PART II: EXISTENTIAL AUTHENTICITY
4. Authenticity and its Importance
5. Understanding Human Existence: Ontology
6. The Role of Meaning: Phenomenology
PART III: AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP IN PRACTICE
7. Leadership Praxis
8. Existentialism in Practice
9. Authentic Leadership
Conclusion.