This edited volume explores different models, conceptualizations, and measures of leader interpersonal and influence "soft skills" that are so necessary for effective leadership. These include the communication skills, persuasion skills, political savvy, and emotional abilities used by leaders to inspire, motivate, and move followers toward the accomplishment of goals. The book emanates from the two-day-long 21st Kravis-de Roulet leadership conference, which brought together top scholars working in this area. The intent of the conference and this edited volume is to increase understanding of the interpersonal and influence skills, or "soft skills," of the leader, to highlight state-of-the-art research on the topic, and to provide clear, research-based guidelines for the development of leader skills.

Bernard M. Bass, Ronald E. Riggio

Contents: Foreword. Preface to the Second Edition. Introduction. The Measurement of Transformational Leadership. Commitment, Loyalty, and Satisfaction of Followers of Transformational Leaders. Transformational Leadership and Performance. Stress and Transformational Leadership. Contingencies of Transformational Leadership. Transformational Organizational Cultures. Transformational Leadership of Men and Women. Implications of Transformational Leadership for Organizational Policies. The Development of Transformational Leadership. Predictors and Correlates of Transformational Leadership. Rank, Status, and Transformational Leadership. Empowerment and Transformational Leadership. Substitutes for Transformational Leadership and Teams as Substitutes. Transformational Leadership: Future Challenges and Applications.