Navigating Leadership Paradox: Engaging Paradoxical Thinking in Practice

Advance Praise for Navigating Leadership Paradox\nAcknowledgments\nForeword\nContents\nPart I: Paradoxes in leadership: What? Why? Who?\nChapter 1 A paradox perspective on modern leadership challenges\nChapter 2 On problems, dilemmas, and paradoxes\nChapter 3 What paradox? Introducing fields of paradoxical tensions in leadership\nPart II: Navigating leadership paradox in practice\nIntroduction\nChapter 4 Phase 1: Choosing and shaping your focus area – paradox choice and qualification\nChapter 5 Phase 2: Know your paradox – paradox investigation\nChapter 6 Phase 3: Charting a course of action – identifying and choosing appropriate actions\nChapter 7 Phase 4: Action in practice – grasping and handling your paradox\nChapter 8 Phase 5: Evaluation and follow-up – keeping track of your balancing act\nChapter 9 The Paradox Pathway – 25 learning coordinates for paradox leadership in practice\nPart III: Paradox navigation 2.0 – working through paradox with stakeholders\nIntroduction\nChapter 10 Paradox navigation as a team sport: Inter- and intra-organizational collaboration on paradox\nChapter 11 Let’s talk about paradox! Communicating consistently inconsistent about paradox with stakeholders\nChapter 12 Facilitating productive interactions with paradox – the role of facilitators, peers, and professional helpers\nChapter 13 Concluding the never-ending story of paradox navigation\nBibliography\nList of cases\nList of tools\nList of figures\nAbout the authors\nAbout the series editor\nIndex