Overview

Should leadership minimise suffering? This book argues yes: offering leaders, especially those in disaster management, a way to improve their ability to lead, serve, and protect others during disasters and crises. Drawing upon his own experiences as a disaster management specialist as well as high-level interviews with disaster management leaders from the USA, Australia and New Zealand, Crosweller bridges theory and practice to achieve three objectives. Firstly, to establish the political and socio-cultural context in which disaster management leaders find themselves when seeking to protect citizens and minimise their suffering and vulnerability. Secondly, to provide an empirical account of how certain sociocultural influences affect their efficacy as leaders and that of their organisations, when seeking to improve well-being, provide protection, and reduce suffering and vulnerability. Third, to propose a relational leadership framework centred upon an ethic of compassion, and supported by behaviours, characteristics, and practices that can guide leaders when addressing the causes of suffering and vulnerability across the entire disaster management cycle. This framework progressively emerges as the reader navigates their way through each chapter. An essential text for aspiring and experienced leaders, especially those in the fields of Emergency Medical Services, fire services, law enforcement, and emergency management. It will also appeal to students and researchers in related disciplines.

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Author:   Mark Crosweller (Ethical Intelligence Pty Ltd., Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.712kg
ISBN:  

9781032813783

ISBN 10:   1032813784
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Dedication 1. Introduction Part 1: Setting the Scene 2. The Leadership Dilemma 3. Introducing Relational Leadership Part 2: Suffering and Vulnerability 4. Understanding Suffering as a Basis for Relationality 5. Responsibility for Minimising Suffering 6. Understanding Vulnerability as a Basis for Relationality 7. The Invulnerable–Relational Leadership Continuum Part 3: Compassion and Virtue 8. Establishing Relationality through the Ethic of Compassion 9. The Politics of Compassion 10. Enhancing Relationality through the Lens of Virtue Ethics 11. The Seven Rules of Virtue Part 4: Practices 12. Sustaining Relationality Through Practical Wisdom 13. Sustaining Relationality Through the Practice of Mindfulness Conclusion Epilogue

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Mark Crosweller has 40 years of experience providing strategic policy advice on disaster management with local, state and national governments. He is a Distinguished Advisor to the National Security College – Australian National University and Director of Ethical Intelligence Pty Ltd. His ongoing research interest is in relational leadership ethics.

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