Now more than ever, altruistic approaches to leadership are needed in business, industry, government, and in the community to help foster and promote peace, moderation, and goodness for all humankind. In one of the first books ever written on the altruistic service aspects of Prophet Muhammads leadership, author Ismail Noor provides an easy-to-read, diligently researched, and time-tested approach that has been presented and shared with live audiences in conferences, training sessions, and workshops at all levels. Ismail Noors penetrative insight into Prophet Muhammads leadership thrust in the Arabian Peninsula is well-researched and well-tested. Having himself used his written material in conferences, seminars, and workshops throughout the region, his contribution to the development of leadership competency among executives and managers in the public, private, and institutional sectors has been admirable. This book is certainly useful as a compendium guide for all leaders, based on the Prophet of Islams universal model.Professor Datuk Dr. Abdul Jamil bin Mukmin, Chairman, Malaysian Institute of Historical and Patriotism Studies This guidebook on altruistic service leadership is timely and relevant for twenty-first century leaders at all levels. In an era where leadership is oftentimes fraught with pretensions, hypocrisy, and blameworthiness, it is heartening to be guided by a book for leaders of multi-type organizations and entities, benchmarked on the altruistic leadership model of the Prophet Muhammad.Dr. Ron Liamsi, Director, Ar-Rashidin Centre for Leadership and Followership, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Leadership: Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition is the market-leading survey text for leadership courses across disciplines. Author Peter Northouse combines an academically robust account of major theories, approaches, models, and themes of leadership with an accessible style and numerous practical exercises to allow students to apply what they learn about leadership both to themselves and to specific contexts and situations. The book is divided into fifteen chapters, which cover all of the key aspects in the leadership field: defining leadership; trait approaches; skills approaches; style approaches; situational approach; contingency theory; path-goal theory; leader-member exchange theory; authentic leadership; transformational leadership; team leadership; psychodynamic approach; diversity and leadership; culture and leadership, and leadership ethics. Enhancing the academic coverage are new case examples, questions for reflection, and leadership instruments and questionnaires that promote a more interactive and enriching experience for students. Features and Benefits Breadth of theory coverage is substantial yet synthesized in such a way as to leave room for specific application and greater discussion of discipline- or program-specific issues Numerous, contemporary case studies supplement each major theory or topic to allow students to apply leadership concepts to specific scenarios Leadership instruments and questionnaires provide effective reflection opportunities and often add a a significant and immediate reality check to the theory presented New coverage of authentic leadership and servant leadership expose students to additional contemporary theories and concepts of leadership The chapter on Women and Leadership is expanded to broader diversity issues, to still include gender The enhanced Instructor Resources offer more test items, new cases, and access to academic journal articles, organized by topic and/or discipline. A new accompanying Study Site- featuring additional topics, exercises, projects, cases, chapter summaries, video clips, and social networking tools- encourages active participation and learning among groups inside or outside the classroom Looking for other titles for your Leadership courses? SAGE has published over 500 books on Leadership, and we "ve developed a web page to help you find just the right one for your class.

Altruism is not a concept that would be widely discussed in business world. Seldom literature mentions the benefits of altruistic leadership and what impact it can make within an organization. Altruistic leadership is usually categorized under transformational leadership and authentic leadership as part of the characteristics. This project focuses on discussing the links among altruistic leadership, employee engagement and financial performance, demonstrating how altruistic leadership would lead employees to be more engaged and create a higher performance. Main sources of data are collected from papers from journals to magazines. It can be proven that there is link between altruistic leadership and employee engagement. And since high leveled employee engagement ends up with high overall performance, two propositions are therefore come into existence. For leaders, soft skills, such as being altruistic, compared to financial incentives would also work well in today's business world. However, for future research, it is recommended that using statistic data for firm evidence.

This study explored the lived experiences of altruistic servant leaders who practice selfless service; it sought to understand how servant leadership and altruism shape and transform young adult prote̹ge̹s to become emerging leaders who embrace altruistic service as a calling. This research focused on the difficulty that the humanitarian segment of the nonprofits sector is facing in attracting, recruiting, and retaining young adults who are altruistic as part of their workforce. A phenomenological approach was used to identify and understand the psychological essences, pattern, and structure of the lived experiences of the study participants. Semi-structured interview questions were developed to explore the individual participant's deep and lived meaning of altruistic love and captured the thick and rich description of the issues explored. Three distinct results, which were the major themes that emerged from the study, were significant ideas that synthesized findings and were congruous to the concept and purpose of this study: (a) providing leadership for prote̹ge̹s, (b) mentoring prote̹ge̹s for transformation, and (c) facilitating learning experiences for prote̹ge̹s. The results from this study informed the recommendations for leader-mentors to possess altruistic love as a virtue and demonstrate selflessness in serving others as a lifestyle. It is also recommended for them to deploy the strategy of need-based selfless service to prote̹ge̹s for the building of mutual trust, then making the prote̹ge̹s have a sense of belonging by allowing them to be involved as partners in their own mentoring and development program. Furthermore, the engagement of prote̹ge̹s in ongoing dialogue that can shift their meaning perspectives is recommended. Creating the opportunities for prote̹ge̹s to be involved in community service that will facilitate learning experiences, self-reflection, and self-discovery, which will enable them to connect with altruistic service as a calling is part of the recommendations. Therefore, this study provided some potential solutions for solving the research problems.

This reference work offers comprehensive perspectives on servant leadership. Featuring a cadre of leading world-class scholars, practitioners, and contributing authors from diverse fields of inquiry, it aims to collate research on servant leadership with a particular focus on its moral and spiritual dimensions.It is divided into sections that center on topics such as character, philosophical influences, diversity and inclusion, critiques of servant leadership as well as examples of servant leaders Though first introduced in the 1970 by Robert Greenleaf, the field of servant leadership is still lacking consensus on a definition and a theoretical framework. The goal of this reference work is to begin to fill this gap by assembling the scholarship of the top scholars in this field and providing a go-to source for information on the theory and practice of servant leadership. This handbook will serve as an essential resource for researchers, scholars, and students of organizational behavior, human resource management, and business ethics, as well as consultants and business leaders interested in discovering the best leadership models to suit contemporary organizations.