"The Elements of Leadership: What You Should Know was written to help leaders, aspiring leaders, and participants in leadership understand the process and elements of leadership in many different settings. Many books and articles on the subject of leadership focus on the role of the leader as a central actor and agent of change without explicitly defining the other factors or elements that explain what happens when leadership occurs. With an understanding that leadership is a complex phenomenon, leaders and participants in leadership can better identify the elements that will improve their ability to learn from past actions and results and to make decisions."--BOOK JACKET.