1. Leadership: the need for a reflexive approach -- 2. On reflection and reflexivity -- 3. Perspectives on leadership -- 4. Leadership beyond ideology, harmony and all-inclusiveness: the case for a more nuanced view -- 5. Leadership and organizational culture -- 6. Followership and its...

1. Introduction / Mats Alvesson and Andre Spicer -- 2. Theories of leadership / Mats Alvesson and Andre Spicer -- 3. Metaphors for leadership / Andre Spicer and Mats Alvesson -- 4. Leaders as saints : leadership through moral peak performance / Mats Alvesson -- 5. Leaders as gardeners :...

Seeking to understand the faith we place in leadership, Metaphors We Lead By draws on a number of in-depth studies of managers trying to "do" leadership. It offers six metaphors for the leader which provide unexpected insights into how leadership does and does not work