Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership, 2nd Edition

Endorsements for the First Edition

“Gary DePaul’s comprehensive Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership makes sense of the vast sea of leadership books. Written with both managers and scholars in mind, DePaul’s study situates—and demystifies—the language of leadership in systems thinking. In 15 well-organized and lucidly written chapters, the author builds a series of metaphors to explain the practices of expert managers—analyzing, detecting, guiding, nurturing and more. This book will change your thinking about leadership.”

Edwin Battistella, PhD

Author of Sorry about That: The Language of Public Apology

“Gary has saved anyone with an interest in the topic of leadership a tremendous amount of legwork and created an incredible resource for ...