Since the 2008 global economic crash there have been calls for a more authentic and responsible form of leadership in business and society. Private and public organizations have been scrutinised and leaders have struggled to articulate and contextualise their leadership and management approaches against charges of greed, selfishness and lack of community responsibility.

This is the first academic book to explicitly bring together kindness and leadership, and consider them in different societal and organisational settings within a global context. It opens with a definition of...

Since the 2008 global economic crash there have been calls for a more authentic and responsible form of leadership in business and society. Private and public organizations have been scrutinised and leaders have struggled to articulate and contextualise their leadership and management approaches against charges of greed, selfishness and lack of community responsibility.

This is the first academic book to explicitly bring together kindness and leadership, and consider them in different societal and organisational settings within a global context. It opens with a definition of...