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Leadership
21st Century Food for Thought
“Leadership: 21st Century Food for Thought,” by Colin Maxwell offers a comprehensive examination of modern leadership principles and business management strategies. The book explores critical topics, including ethical leadership, servant leadership, Japanese management techniques, labor relations, gender dynamics in the workplace, the “work family,” remote working, virtual management, disaster preparedness, and artificial intelligence’s evolving role. With practical insights into team building, conflict resolution, and corporate social responsibility, it serves as both a theoretical foundation and a practical guide for today’s business leaders. While some case studies could benefit from updating to reflect more recent developments, the book remains highly relevant for professionals and students, providing valuable perspectives on navigating contemporary organizational challenges with vision and integrity.
What's Inside the Book
Leadership
PEARLS OF WISDOM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Colin Maxwell’s book, Leadership – Pearls of Wisdom for the 21st Century, offers an insight into contemporary leadership obstacles while providing guidance in language that is easily understandable. As we have come to expect, Maxwell explores the underlying principles of effective leadership, while emphasizing the significance of morality, which is critical to a company’s sustained success.
This book examines several important topics, including Effective Leadership, Ethics, The Art of Persuasion. Equality in the Workplace, Workplace Bullying, Open Book Management, Stress and Humor, Public Speaking, Servant Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrency, Research and Innovation on Human Relations, Trade Unions and Industrial Relations, Negotiation Guidelines, Feng Shui, the Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace, and other areas that Maxwell considers to be cornerstones of excellent leadership.
The Ethical Leader’s Playbook
A New Era of Business Leadership
In an age defined by disruption, complexity, and volatility, The Ethical Leader’s Playbook offers a bold and refreshing vision for 21st-century leadership—one grounded not merely in strategy or success, but in purpose, integrity, and humanity.
Blending timeless wisdom with modern insight, this book guides readers through the essential qualities of ethical and adaptive leadership, where trust supersedes fear, people take precedence over profit, and every decision reflects deeper values. Drawing on engaging real-world stories, humor, and practical frameworks, this book equips leaders at every level, to navigate the toughest moral and organizational challenges with clarity and courage.
