The Trump presidency may well be the first phase of a new American political alignment deeply rooted in identity politics. Now more than ever, it seems especially important to understand how leaders compete to engage different human motivationshow presidents, presidential candidates, and other...

1. Introduction : leadership and heroism -- 2. Trending heroes : gaining or losing heroic status -- 3. Transitory heroes : hero today, gone tomorrow -- 4. Transitional heroes : those whom we outgrow -- 5. Tragic heroes : the self-destruction of greatness -- 6. Transposed heroes : the fine line...

In this compelling book, top scholars from diverse fields describe the progress they have made in developing a general theory of leadership. Led by James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the classic Leadership (1978), they tell the story of this intellectual venture and the...

In The Heroic Leadership Imperative, Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals identify leaders who have succeeded in meeting all three categories of needs and they discuss such leaders' appeal by way of a unique integration classic and contemporary psychology relevant to understanding all facets...