{"product_id":"the-dark-side-of-transformational-leadership","title":"The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic  charismatic and transformational visionaries. The leader  whether in business  politics or any other field  is the most important factor in determining whether organizations succeed or fail. Indeed  despite the fundamental mistakes which have  arguably  directly led to global economic recession  it is often still taken for granted that transformational leadership is a good thing  and that leaders should have much more power than followers to decide what needs to be done. The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership confronts this orthodoxy by illustrating how such approaches can encourage narcissism  megalomania and poor decision-making on the part of leaders  at great expense to those organizations they are there to serve. Written in a lively and engaging style  the book uses a number of case studies to illustrate the perils of transformational leadership  from the Jonestown tragedy in 1978 when over 900 people were either murdered or committed suicide at the urging of their leader  to an analysis of how banking executives tried to explain away their role in the 2008 financial crisis This provocative and hugely important book offers a rare critical perspective in the field of leadership studies. Concluding with a new approach that offers an alternative to the dominant transformational model  The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership will be an invaluable text for academics interested in leadership  students on leadership courses requiring a more critical perspective  and anyone concerned with how people lead people  and the lessons we can learn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964072652853,"sku":"ByrdShop_041556428X","price":31.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415564281.jpg?v=1770447763","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-dark-side-of-transformational-leadership","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}