Leading Solutions: Essays in Business Psychology (Serrat, 2021) gives readers an unusually accessible, critical, and engaging take on what leadership means. In the form of précis—concise statements of essential points—the book combines rounded explanations of theory with article reviews, case studies, development plans, field observations, group work, journal entries, "lived" experience, proposals, reflections, scholarly arguments, self-assessments, and 360-degree feedback to shine exceptional insight into the reality and successful practice of leadership, today and tomorrow. This book's wealth of thoughtful content makes it particularly useful to those contemplating postgraduate degrees in organizational leadership and a top-notch addition to any business library.

1. Leading Solutions:
Essays in Business Psychology
Olivier Serrat
2021

2. Leading Solutions: Unique Selling Points
Offers a panoramic view of 21st century working,
balancing vision with practical observations
Engages readers on key topics of business
psychology and organizational leadership and
demonstrates that leaders are made, not born
Provides pithy advice to ignite performance in the
private, public, and nonprofit sectors

3. Leading Solutions: Foreword
"'You don't have to do that,' I told Olivier when we first met in October 2017 … Olivier
had … taken to submitting exhaustive contributions to the Professional Development
Seminar I was teaching. Little did I know then that Olivier had just published a magnum
opus … with Springer … Little also did I know that—not content with studying 13 core and
two elective courses, sitting competency examinations, and writing an original thesis …
Olivier also meant to write Leading Solutions on the side …" (Renee L. Roman, Ph.D.,
Department Chair, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington, DC, USA)

4. Leading Solutions: Preface
"… [O]rganizations must now—with inspiring vision—define strategy, synergize people,
and reach goals from improved endowments of critical thinking, collaboration,
interpersonal, and research skills. [Leading Solutions] treats many contemporary dilemmas
with real-life cases and should … appeal to experienced practitioners across the public,
private, and civil society sectors: using a thematic structure, the book illustrates a great
many facets of organizational leadership … [T]he book invites reference to the popular
Knowledge Solutions (Serrat, 2017), which it extends, complements, and synergizes"
(Olivier Serrat, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington, DC, USA)

5. Leading Solutions: Contents (1)
I. Emerging Theories of Leadership
1. Ethical and Relational Leadership
2. Paradox and Neuroscience: Emerging Theories of Leadership
3. Personal Leadership Development Plans: Essentials and Practicum
4. Personal Philosophy of Leadership
5. Personal Philosophy of Leadership (2nd Edition)
6. Review of Situational Leadership® After 25 Years—A Retrospective (Blanchard,
Zigarmi, & Nelson, 1993)

6. Leading Solutions: Contents (2)
II. Ethical & Cultural Considerations
7. Ethics: My Own Perspective
8. Life-Markers and Personal Values
9. Reflections on Four Case Studies in Ethics
III. Group & Team Leadership
10.The Self in Teams
11.The Self in Teams (Cont'd)
12.The Self in Teams (Coda)

7. Leading Solutions: Contents (3)
IV. Leadership Self-Development
13.Establishing Your Fundamental Self
14.The Challenges of Learning from Experience
15.The Full Range Leadership Model: Essentials and Practicum
V. Management Philosophy & Practice
16.A Taxonomy of Management Theories
17.Mintzberg's Managing: Implications for Coaching and Training
18.Mintzberg's Model of Managing: Random Thoughts from an Observation

8. Leading Solutions: Contents (4)
VI. Organizational Diagnosis & Cultural Dynamics
19.Synergizing the Competing Values Framework and the Six-Box Model
VII. Personality & Lifespan in the Workplace
20.Blustein's Psychology of Working: A Very Short Introduction
21.Contextual Factors in Working
22.Developing Expert Leadership
23.Identity Processes in Leader Development
24.Leader Development Through Work Experience
25.Moral Development for Authentic Leadership Effectiveness
26.Seven Entries on Twenty-First Century Working
27.The Reflective Judgment Model: What Role in Leader Development?

9. Leading Solutions: Contents (5)
VIII. Professional Development
28.Analyzing the Logic of Articles and Textbooks: Essentials and Practicum
29.Reading Research Articles
30.Scholarly Argument: Linking Doctoral Research to Practice
IX. Psychological, Socio-Cultural, & Political Dimensions of Organizations
31.Critical Psychology and Organizations: The Case of the United Nations
32.Development of Critical Psychology
33.Minority Population Analysis: The Aeta of the Philippines
34.Minority Populations: There Are More Than Meets the Eye

10. Leading Solutions: Contents (6)
X. Qualitative Research Methods
35.Book Analysis of Interviewing as Qualitative Research (Seidman, 2013)
36.Research Concept Paper for Leading Organizations of the Future
XI. Strategic Change Management
37.Change Management Strategy in Action: Independent Evaluation for Learning
38.Schein's Process Consultation: Three Reactions
XII. Systems Theory
39.Five Notes on Systems Theory
40.Idealized Design for Virtual Teaming: A Modest Proposal
41.Idealized Design: Three Reactions
42.Mental Models in and of Organizations
43.The Learning Organization Needs No Apology

11. Leading Solutions: Contents (7)
XIII. The Role of Technology in Organizations
44.Planning and Driving a Digital Strategy
45.Information and Communication Technology in Organizations: An Evolutionary
Perspective
Index
A
Accountability, 20, 24, 58, 72, 74, 88, 216, 277, 295–298, 301
Adult development, 194–197, 201, 225, 228
Applications, 12, 21, 43, 50, 74, 107, 136, 155, 218, 234, 255, 256, 261, 312, 332,
353, 364, 366
…

12. Annex: References
Serrat, O. (2017). Knowledge Solutions:
Tools, Methods, and Approaches to Drive
Organizational Performance.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9
78-981-10-0983-9
Serrat, O. (2021). Leading Solutions: Essays
in Business Psychology.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9
78-981-33-6485-1

13. Annex: Bibliometric Information (1)
• Leading Solutions
Book Title
• Essays in Business Psychology
Book Subtitle
• Olivier Serrat
Author
• https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6485-1
DOI
• Springer, Singapore
Publisher Name
• 978-981-33-6484-4
Hardcover ISBN
• 978-981-33-6487-5
Softcover ISBN
• 978-981-33-6485-1
eBook ISBN

14. Annex: Bibliometric Information (2)
• 1
Edition Number
• 376
Number of Pages
• 3 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in color
Number of Illustrations
• Business Strategy/Leadership, Personality and Social
Psychology, Administration, Organization and
Leadership, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Topics
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15. Annex: About the Author
Olivier is an author, speaker, consultant, and researcher in the field of organizational
leadership. Olivier spearheaded knowledge management at the Asian Development Bank
from 2008 to 2012. In consideration of the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and
ambiguity of general conditions and situations in the 21st century, he sees that we must—
beyond preoccupation with leadership styles—learn to lead in new ways of organizing. At
the intersection of complexity leadership, metagovernance, and knowledge management
(especially sensemaking), Olivier investigates how to lead organizations of the future.

16. Annex: Quick Response Codes
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