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Leaders Assemble! Leadership in the MCU
About This Book
In this volume of Exploring Effective Leadership Practices through Popular Culture, Schmidt and Islam examine how you can learn about research and evidence-based leadership concepts through examples drawn from the popular MCU movies and related superhero films.
Leaders Assemble! Leadership in the MCU includes sound research and evidence-based advice on how to improve as a leader on topics such as leadership development, conflict management, mentorship, sensemaking, shared leadership, servant leadership, authentic leadership, servant leadership, and selecting your team. Examples from your favorite MCU films make these concepts come alive so you can easily see how they can be used to improve your own leadership skills.
Each chapter focuses on a core leadership concept and shows you how you can use it to be a successful leader, with MCU films and superheroes leading the way with relevant examples, before finally summarizing the main points you can use in your own leadership practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Chapter 1. How We See Leadership in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and How We See Leadership in General
- Chapter 2. Who Has a Right to Be the Leader? Leadership Transitions in Black Panther
- Chapter 3. Who Leads This Motley Crew? Shared and Team Leadership in the Guardians of the Galaxy
- Chapter 4. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Mentorship and Spider-Man
- Chapter 5. How Do Leaders (Superheroes or Not) Deal with Conflict?
- Chapter 6. Leadership During Crisis and Stress: Leadership During Stressful Times Like Thanosâ âOne Snapâ
- Chapter 7. I Am Iron Man: Leader Authenticity, Self-awareness and Growth in Marvel Films
- Chapter 8. Should We Open Up Wakanda? Leader Roles in External Relations
- Chapter 9. Am I a Hero, an X-men, a Mutant, or Just a Menace? Leadership and Identity
- Chapter 10. Everything Begins with a (Her)o
- Chapter 11. I Can Do this All Day: Steve Rogers, Servant Leader
- Chapter 12. Avengers Assemble: Forming Your Team Like a Leader
- Chapter 13. How You, True Believer, Can Lead Like a Superhero: Some General Takeaways on Leadership
- Appendix 1: Chapter Major Topics and Connected Films
- References
- Index