Simon Western is CEO and founder of Analytic-Network Coaching Ltd, an avant-garde coaching company whose purpose is to ‘coach leaders to act in good faith to create the good society’ www.analyticnetwork.com.  He is an internationally recognized thought leader on leadership, coaching and organizational behaviour. Taking his unique experience and an unusual theoretical position into the workplace, he draws on critical theory, networked theory, social movement theory and psychoanalysis to help leaders develop new insights, act ethically and create progressive change in organizations.   Simon leads advanced coaching and leadership training courses to develop new ‘Eco-leadership’ approaches to help leaders adapt to today’s disruptive, network society. With over 200 registered coaches across the globe, Analytic-Network Coaching is growing fast. He shares his thinking as an international keynote speaker, academic and is author of three acclaimed books; Global Leadership Perspectives, Insights and Analysis (with Eric-Jean Gautier),  Leadership: A Critical Text (3rd edn: Sage, 2019) and Coaching and Mentoring: A Critical Text (Sage 2012).  Simon works directly with senior leaders on radical change strategies, organizational change and in-depth on personal and leadership challenges, drawing on his psychotherapist background. Dr Éric-Jean Garcia received a PhD in Higher Education & Leadership Development from the Institute of Education, University College London (UCL) and holds an MBA from the University of Dallas (Texas, USA). Éric-Jean is Affiliate Professor of Leadership at Sciences Po, Paris (France), where he leads several leadership programmes in Executive Education. He is also an international keynote speaker, and advisor in leadership for business and public organizations and author of two award-winning books: Leadership (De Boeck, 2011) and Le génie du leadership (Dunod, 2013). Through his work, Éric-Jean seeks to foster critical thinking, challenge taken-for-granted assumptions and beliefs, reveal dilemmas of leadership and advocate the development of contextually and ethically relevant organizational strategies.

For anyone interested in leadership, this is an outstanding book. Conceptual rigour, empirical richness, a global reach, telling examples, a sensitivity to cultural differences and imaginative ideas, what more could one want? And yet, this volume does offer us more, no less than a brand new sense of leadership in and for the twenty-first century.

• Part I: INSIGHTSChapter 1: Arab Middle East: Diwan, Ummah and Wasta: The Pillars of Arab LeadershipChapter 2: Argentina: Gaucho′s, Rebels and Dictators: Leadership in ArgentinaChapter 3: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): In Pursuit of ASEAN PrideChapter 4: Australia: Leadership Identity in the MakingChapter 5: Brazil: Tensions, Contradictions and DevelopmentChapter 6: China: Paternalism and Paradox of Leadership at the Dawn of a New EraChapter 7: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Ambiguities and Challenges of LeadershipChapter 8: Ethiopia: The Faces of Leadership in EthiopiaChapter 9: France: Exploring the French Paradoxes and Promises of LeadershipChapter 10: Germany: German Leadership: A Dialectical ApproachChapter 11: India: Cultural Ethos and Leadership Styles: Indian PerspectivesChapter 12: Japan: You′re the Leader? The Long-Term Relationship Approach to Japanese LeadershipChapter 13: Mexico: The Essence of Leadership in MexicoChapter 14: Poland: Swaying Between Functionalism and Humanistic ManagementChapter 15: Russia: Leadership in Russia: Between Hero and VictimChapter 16: Scandinavia: Scandinavian Leadership and the (E)quality ImperativeChapter 17: South Africa: A Racialized and Gendered Leadership LandscapeChapter 18: Turkey: Thriving on Uncertainty: Leadership in TurkeyChapter 19: The United Kingdom: Dis-United Kingdom? Leadership at a CrossroadsChapter 20: United States of America: Mourning in America: Leadership in the Divided States of AmericaPart II: AnalysisChapter 21: Unravelling Leadership: Introduction to Analysis and MethodologyChapter 22: The Four Discourses of LeadershipChapter 23: Insider-Leadership: A Discourse AnalysisChapter 24: Outsider-Leadership: In Search of LackConclusion

Simon Western is CEO and founder of Analytic-Network Coaching Ltd, an avant-garde coaching company whose purpose is to ‘coach leaders to act in good faith to create the good society’ www.analyticnetwork.com.  He is an internationally recognized thought leader on leadership, coaching and organizational behaviour. Taking his unique experience and an unusual theoretical position into the workplace, he draws on critical theory, networked theory, social movement theory and psychoanalysis to help leaders develop new insights, act ethically and create progressive change in organizations.   Simon leads advanced coaching and leadership training courses to develop new ‘Eco-leadership’ approaches to help leaders adapt to today’s disruptive, network society. With over 200 registered coaches across the globe, Analytic-Network Coaching is growing fast. He shares his thinking as an international keynote speaker, academic and is author of three acclaimed books; Global Leadership Perspectives, Insights and Analysis (with Eric-Jean Gautier),  Leadership: A Critical Text (3rd edn: Sage, 2019) and Coaching and Mentoring: A Critical Text (Sage 2012).  Simon works directly with senior leaders on radical change strategies, organizational change and in-depth on personal and leadership challenges, drawing on his psychotherapist background. Dr Éric-Jean Garcia received a PhD in Higher Education & Leadership Development from the Institute of Education, University College London (UCL) and holds an MBA from the University of Dallas (Texas, USA). Éric-Jean is Affiliate Professor of Leadership at Sciences Po, Paris (France), where he leads several leadership programmes in Executive Education. He is also an international keynote speaker, and advisor in leadership for business and public organizations and author of two award-winning books: Leadership (De Boeck, 2011) and Le génie du leadership (Dunod, 2013). Through his work, Éric-Jean seeks to foster critical thinking, challenge taken-for-granted assumptions and beliefs, reveal dilemmas of leadership and advocate the development of contextually and ethically relevant organizational strategies.

For anyone interested in leadership, this is an outstanding book. Conceptual rigour, empirical richness, a global reach, telling examples, a sensitivity to cultural differences and imaginative ideas, what more could one want? And yet, this volume does offer us more, no less than a brand new sense of leadership in and for the twenty-first century.

• Part I: INSIGHTSChapter 1: Arab Middle East: Diwan, Ummah and Wasta: The Pillars of Arab LeadershipChapter 2: Argentina: Gaucho′s, Rebels and Dictators: Leadership in ArgentinaChapter 3: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): In Pursuit of ASEAN PrideChapter 4: Australia: Leadership Identity in the MakingChapter 5: Brazil: Tensions, Contradictions and DevelopmentChapter 6: China: Paternalism and Paradox of Leadership at the Dawn of a New EraChapter 7: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Ambiguities and Challenges of LeadershipChapter 8: Ethiopia: The Faces of Leadership in EthiopiaChapter 9: France: Exploring the French Paradoxes and Promises of LeadershipChapter 10: Germany: German Leadership: A Dialectical ApproachChapter 11: India: Cultural Ethos and Leadership Styles: Indian PerspectivesChapter 12: Japan: You′re the Leader? The Long-Term Relationship Approach to Japanese LeadershipChapter 13: Mexico: The Essence of Leadership in MexicoChapter 14: Poland: Swaying Between Functionalism and Humanistic ManagementChapter 15: Russia: Leadership in Russia: Between Hero and VictimChapter 16: Scandinavia: Scandinavian Leadership and the (E)quality ImperativeChapter 17: South Africa: A Racialized and Gendered Leadership LandscapeChapter 18: Turkey: Thriving on Uncertainty: Leadership in TurkeyChapter 19: The United Kingdom: Dis-United Kingdom? Leadership at a CrossroadsChapter 20: United States of America: Mourning in America: Leadership in the Divided States of AmericaPart II: AnalysisChapter 21: Unravelling Leadership: Introduction to Analysis and MethodologyChapter 22: The Four Discourses of LeadershipChapter 23: Insider-Leadership: A Discourse AnalysisChapter 24: Outsider-Leadership: In Search of LackConclusion