TY - BOOK AU - Cutler,Alan TI - Leadership psychology: how the best leaders inspire their people SN - 9780749470814 AV - CIR HD 57.7 C88 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Kogan Page KW - Leadership KW - Psychological aspects KW - Employee motivation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Leadership Psychology enables leaders to achieve greater success for themselves and their organizations by providing a better understanding of the psychological relationships at play within working environments. It outlines how inspirational leaders across a range of award-winning companies understand their employees' psychological needs and use that knowledge to affect behavior and enhance performance.The book showcases examples of leadership best practice in businesses featured in The 2013 Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for Survey. It analyzes and evaluates exclusive information gained through in-depth interviews with the most highly regarded leaders of a special selection of these winning companies and uses the underpinning principles of occupational psychology to reveal modern trends in working practice.Cutler offers up-to-the-minute, practical guidance to executives holding operational or strategic leadership positions in businesses of all shapes and sizes. "--; "A better understanding of the psychological relationships at play within current working environments will enable leaders to achieve greater success for themselves and their organizations. Leadership Psychology outlines how inspirational leaders across a range of award-winning companies of all sizes understand their employees' psychological needs and use that knowledge to affect behaviour and enhance performance. The book showcases examples of leadership best practice in businesses featured in The 2013 Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for Survey. Exclusive information gained through interviews with the most highly regarded leaders of a special selection of these winning companies is analyzed and critically evaluated, using the underpinning principles of occupational psychology to reveal modern trends in working practice. This book provides up-to-the-minute practical guidance, based upon a rigorous psychological foundation, to executives holding operational or strategic leadership positions in businesses of all shapes and sizes"-- ER -