Authenticity has become a central concept in leadership studies, but the question of how followers assess the authenticity of their political leaders has not been addressed. With few exceptions, the literature on authenticity and leadership has focused on normative arguments rather than...

"This book is a deliberate departure from the prevailing trend. It deals with leaders not as figments of our imaginations, as incarnations of our idealizations, but as they are in the real world. Specifically, this book is an examination and evaluation of leaders driven beyond apparent reason,...

Among our greatest leaders are those driven by impulses they cannot completely control - by lust. Lust is not, however, an abstraction, it has definition. Definition that, given the impact of leaders who lust, is essential to extract. This book identifies six types of lust with which leaders are...