Leadership Today

Part I Soft Skills.- Ch 1 Leadership and Purpose.- Ch 2 Leadership and Trust.- Ch 3 Leadership and Moral Behavior.- Ch 4 Leadership and Values.- Ch 5 Leadership and Vision.- Ch 6 Leadership and Authenticity.- Ch 7 Leadership and Emotional Intelligence.- Ch 8 Leadership and Spirituality.- Ch 9 Leadership and Sustainability.- Ch 10 Leadership and Mindfulness.- Ch 11 Leadership and Empathy.- Ch 12 Leadership and Motivation.- Ch 13 Leadership and Communication.- Ch 14 Leadership and Dependability.- Ch 15 Leadership and Creativity.- Ch 16 Leadership and Initiative.- Ch 17 Leadership and Self-Confidence.- Ch 18 Leadership and Resilience.- Ch 19 Leadership and Perseverance.- Part II Hard Skills.- Ch 20 Leadership and Ambition.- Ch 21 Leadership and Global Understanding.- Ch 22 Leadership and Information Technology.- Ch 23 Leadership and Planning.

Joan Marques, PhD, EdD, serves as Assistant Dean of Woodbury University's School of Business, Chair and Director of the BBA Program, and Professor of Management. Her teaching focuses on leadership, ethics, and organizational behavior, and her research interests pertain to the same areas with specific focus on workplace spirituality and leadership awareness. She has been widely published in prestigious scholarly journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Development, Business and Society, Journal of Organizational Analysis, Organization Development Journal, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Journal of Global Responsibility, Journal of Communication Management, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, and many others. 
Joan has authored/co-authored/co-edited more than 14 books on management and leadership topics, including Business and Buddhism (2015), in which Buddhism is approached as a leadership psychology, and Leading and Mindful Behavior Action, Wakefulness (2014), in which she provides directives to leaders to adopt a wakeful mindset and abstain from the sleepwalking mode. She is also the author of Courage in the Twenty-First Century (2013) and The Awakened Leader (2007), and co-author of, among others, Leading Spiritually (2014), Business Administration Education (2012), Laughter is the Best Teacher (2011), Stories to Tell Your OB Students (2011), From Me to We (2011), Managing in the 21st Century (2011), The Workplace and Spirituality (2009), and Spirituality in the Workplace (2007). 
Joan is a co-founder and editor-in-chief of three scholarly journals: The Business Renaissance Quarterly, Journal of Global Business Issues, and Interbeing, Journal of Personal and Professional Mastery. She presents a weekly radio program titled "De Andere Kant" (The Other Side) on Mart Radio, and has been a long-time columnist for De Ware Tijd (The True Times), one of the largest newspapers in Paramaribo,