Aristotle’s view reflects one of the principles of action learning; ‘there can be no learning without action, and no action without learning’ (Revans 1998). Action learning is now a wellrecognised methodology for aligning theory to practice and continuous improvement. However, it is not merely ‘learning by doing’; action learning is much more than this and involves reflecting and learning with and from the experiences of colleagues as they try to change things (Edmonstone 2018, 17). The title takes as its focus and analysis, both traditional and critical approaches to the study of leadership. Its overall aim is to enrich the learning by providing a range of leadership theories that encompass both the classical approaches to leadership thinking but also to stretch the mind to look at some of the more current and critical approaches. As a primer, the first part of the book serves as a foundation of leadership study. It revisits many of the well-espoused theories on leadership ranging from the oft-cited ‘great man theory’, through to the relatively more recent and populist transformational leadership. The authors describe the full range leadership (FRL) model that encourages leaders to look beyond self-interest and focus on the common good through vision, motivation and inspiration. This is perhaps the anti-thesis of unauthentic (pseudo-transformational) leadership, where the leader ‘leads’ but has no intention of sacrificing their interests for the good of others driven by a false moral character of the leaders and their concerns for self and others (Bass and Steidlmeier 1999). This is a particularly vital perspective to conclude this first part of the book given this reviewing authors interest in selfless leadership (Brookes 2016).

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学习领导力：传统和批判性方法

亚里士多德的观点反映了行动学习的原则之一；“没有行动就没有学习，没有学习就没有行动”（Revans 1998）。行动学习现在是一种公认​​的理论与实践相结合和持续改进的方法。然而，这不仅仅是“边做边学”；行动学习远不止于此，还包括在同事尝试改变事物时反思和学习他们的经验，并从他们的经验中学习（Edmonstone 2018, 17）。标题以传统和批判性方法研究领导力为重点和分析。它的总体目标是通过提供一系列领导力理论来丰富学习内容，这些理论既包括领导力思维的经典方法，也包括一些更现代和批判性的方法。作为入门，本书的第一部分是领导力研究的基础。它重新审视了许多广为接受的领导理论，从经常被引用的“伟人理论”到相对较新的民粹主义变革型领导。作者描述了全方位领导 (FRL) 模型，该模型鼓励领导者超越自身利益，通过愿景、动机和灵感关注共同利益。这可能是不真实（伪转型）领导的对立面，在这种领导下，领导者“领导”但无意为了他人的利益而牺牲自己的利益，这是由领导者的虚假道德品质及其对自我和利益的关注所驱动的。其他（Bass 和 Steidlmeier 1999）。