Perfect for instructors who take a practical, skill-building approach to teaching leadership, the eighth edition of LEADERSHIP provides an ideal balance of essential theory and real-world applications. Andrew DuBrin, a highly respected author and consultant, incorporates the latest research on leadership and current business practices from academic journals and popular periodicals. The text provides students with a strong practical foundation by introducing leaders they can relate to and reinforcing their knowledge with frequent skill-building activities. Key updates include new opening vignettes and end-of-chapter cases, numerous additional skill-building exercises, and a role-playing or other experiential activity linked to all end-of-chapter cases. In addition, LEADERSHIP is available with MindTap for the first time. Mindtap is a personalized, fully online digital learning platform of authoritative Cengage Learning content, assignments, and services that engages students with interactivity while offering you a choice in the configuration of course work and enhancement of the curriculum. MindTap guides students through the course curriculum via an innovative Learning Path Navigator where they complete interactive self-assessments reading assignments, annotate your readings, complete homework, and engage with quizzes and assessments.

1. The Nature and Importance of Leadership.
2. Traits, Motives, and Characteristics of Leaders.
3. Charismatic and Transformational Leadership.
4. Leadership Behaviors, Attitudes, and Styles.
5. Contingency and Situational Leadership.
6. Leadership Ethics and Social Responsibility.
7. Power, Politics, and Leadership.
8. Influence Tactics of Leaders.
9. Developing Teamwork.
10. Motivation and Coaching Skills.
11. Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership.
12. Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills.
13. Strategic Leadership and Knowledge Management.
14. International and Culturally Diverse Aspects of Leadership.
15. Leadership, Development, and Succession.

Perfect for instructors who take a practical, skill-building approach to teaching leadership, the eighth edition of LEADERSHIP provides an ideal balance of essential theory and real-world applications. Andrew DuBrin, a highly respected author and consultant, incorporates the latest research on leadership and current business practices from academic journals and popular periodicals. The text provides students with a strong practical foundation by introducing leaders they can relate to and reinforcing their knowledge with frequent skill-building activities. Key updates include new opening vignettes and end-of-chapter cases, numerous additional skill-building exercises, and a role-playing or other experiential activity linked to all end-of-chapter cases. In addition, LEADERSHIP is available with MindTap for the first time. Mindtap is a personalized, fully online digital learning platform of authoritative Cengage Learning content, assignments, and services that engages students with interactivity while offering you a choice in the configuration of course work and enhancement of the curriculum. MindTap guides students through the course curriculum via an innovative Learning Path Navigator where they complete interactive self-assessments reading assignments, annotate your readings, complete homework, and engage with quizzes and assessments. This edition is extensively revised and updated, with examples and activities to help readers understand the skills necessary to manage, lead, and compete in today's world. MindTap is a new personal learning experience that combines all digital assets -- readings, multimedia, interactive activities, assignments, and assessments -- into a singular learning path to improve student outcomes. Developed with the goal of getting students to Engage, Connect, Perform, and Lead, it seeks to engage students to think like leaders. MindTap for DuBrin's LEADERSHIP follows a path to obtain these results and other key course goals through various learning activities. Select Leader's Self-Assessment Quizzes from each chapter include interactive online versions wherein students may complete the full assessment online and complete brand new accompanying activities to link the self-assessment concepts back to the relevant chapter material. Twelve new opening cases were carefully chosen to incorporate examples of business firms that students have either patronized, or have been patronized, by people in their network. Three examples are Campbell Soup, Amazon.com, and Chipotle. There are 14 new Leader in Action boxes that describe the leadership practices, behaviors, and personal attributes of real-world leaders that students are likely to know and relate to, including Jack Dorsey, creative leader and co-founder of Twitter, and Kevin A. Plank, founder of Under Armour Inc. Examples have been thoroughly updated to reflect current trends and the constant evolution of leadership. New and updated Leadership Self-Assessment and Leadership Skill-Building Exercises help students understand and develop key leadership skills. New research findings presented in each chapter including four examples of how modern research supports a given leadership principle of Dale Carnegie. The test bank has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the text's current content. In addition, the test bank and online homework problems available through MindTap are more tightly integrated, ensuring that students experience consistency in question types and difficulties when transitioning from homework material to formal assessments.