"It provides a basic but solid overview of the discipline of Organizational Leadership. It is easy to read and understand. Students like the text and feel that they are immediately able to apply what they have learned."
"It is an excellent text and includes an excellent learning platform (SAGE Vantage) that integrates easily with any Learning Management System. Theoretical research is covered, but students also have the opportunity to complete self-assessments and are given feedback for practical application on those assessments. The instructional resources are fantastic – Power Point slides, lecture notes, case studies, class activities, web exercises, and a test bank. In addition, students love SAGE Vantage. Each section of a chapter is broken up into manageable reading with Knowledge Checks and Video Activities to immediately assess learning."
"This is a great book that you can use for teaching or self-learning about leadership."
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre
"The book provides an accessible overview of the various components of leadership. The chapters are easy to understand, very practical, and aren't bogged down with nuanced details. It gives the big picture information about what it means to be a good leader and how to develop those skills."
A practical guide to leadership – what it is, what it looks like, and how to develop it.”
"A great introduction textbook to demystify the concepts of leadership and who can/should be leaders. The short inventory in each chapter to help students assess their own strengths and areas of development."
"Northouse's Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice is among the best primers available on the subject. Well-grounded in up-to-date leadership theory based on the latest research, it is at the same time elegantly practical. This book is aimed at leadership practitioners seeking an accessible text that's more substantive and comprehensive than a mass media leadership self-help guide."
"The book is a staple for an introductory course on leadership. The author introduces theory in manageable chunks and provides valuable support with questionnaires, snap shots and case studies, making the work come alive for students."
"Well written overview of leadership practice, models, and theory."
"This book is straightforward, simple, and accessible. It is easy to read, meaning that for undergrad classes, it's a great text for the class. For graduate classes, it allows entre to the topic of leadership and since it is easy to read, it's no problem to also assign additional reading that delves into the specific topic of the course."
If you want to use a textbook that presents leadership concepts that are challenging and make your students stop and think then this is the textbook you need for your course. The textbook also highlights real-world examples so students can apply to their current lives, families, communities, career and future careers. In addition the writings are clearly articulated and easy to read. We need to give our students the tools they need to be successful and impactful leaders in the ‘real-world’ and this textbook is their ‘toolbox’ in helping them strive and thrive as leaders.”
"The theoretical concepts are brought to life through the readings and there's more "how to" info to actually become a better leader as opposed to just studying the theories, all of which have many, many gaps anyway. Moreover, with only 10 chapters and a CLU 11 week term, the flow of the book makes it easy to cover 1 chapter per week (no cramming). "
I absolutely love this book. My other favorite is Northouse’s Leadership: Theory and Practice which I use in my Graduate Leadership class.
"A coffee table leadership text that highlights the important leadership concepts at a reasonable price."
The Northouse text offers students and faculty an appropriate text for a Leadership survey course. Students will greatly benefit from the text’s ability to apply the concepts of leadership to their individual lives.
The Intro to Leadership book + e Book is a winning combination. The explanation of principles is straightforward, the self-assessments are thought-provoking, and the new media tools in the e Book are stimulating
"A good overview of leadership with many relevant exercises to drive the message of the material to relevancy for the students."
"The material is applied and very user friendly. The concepts are covered in a manner that all parties are developing a great leadership foundation."
"This textbook is one of the best text books for courses in which students get their first lessons / contact with the topic leadership. Nearly all relevant aspects of leadership are covered."
A must read for adapting individual strengths to enhance one’s leadership capacity
Northouse's advice to students on handling conflict is the most immediately practical and useable that I have encountered. This book is highly readable and engages the student immediately.
"This is a great, useable, and student friendly textbook. It provides excellent leadership/theory/ content in an understandable manner and it is broken down in to an easily understandable presentation."
"The perfect book for an introductory course in leadership. I think it aligns well with both education and business, and could be utilized to teach leadership to all students if leadership is a part of a core curriculum. "
This is my favorite book on the topic. I think Northouse has a tremendously valuable product here and the approach is very user/reader-friendly.
The interactive activities bring the book to life. The clear, consistent structure facilitates navigation and supports learning.
Low cost; easy to read; each chapter provides a baseline of leadership principles that can be points of departure for thoughtful classroom discussion; rich in self-assessment exercises.
“For four editions and more than a decade, its concise, intelligent, insightful introduction to the study of leadership has made “Northouse” [Leadership: Theory and Practice, Fourth Edition, SAGE, ©2007] the go-to text for students and teachers. With this book, Peter Northouse has done the same for the practice of leadership.”
"This textbook is a very useful introduction to the fundamental concepts and practices of leadership. The background theoretical inputs are short, snappy and relevant and designed to engage and inspire students towards further study...The interactive features are definitely the distinguishing factor of this textbook and allow readers to apply theoretical concepts to practice. With its use of questionnaires, reflective analyses, action planning worksheets and observational exercises, the textbook provides a valuable mechanism for transferring knowledge into practice."
Journal of European Industrial Training - David Mc Guire
"This text is critical, concise, theory based, and engages students with activities. "
"Peter Northouse's Introduction to Leadership is an excellent text that I have used for freshman/sophomore levels classes. It contains most of the major topics from his more comprehensive Leadership: Theory and Practice but omits much of the more academic content that we love but freshman don't. It also has 3 excellent activities at the end of each chapter for self-reflection/ application on each topic, with abbreviated versions of many typical leadership assessments."
I like both of Northouse's textbooks. I find the content thorough and written with clarity.
"I have been looking for a good intro to Leadership [book] with class exercises—this is it! "
"I found Northouse’s style of writing to be unambiguous, complex but wonderfully understandable. His writing style stoked the fires of my imagination regarding my own approach to leadership. It also made complex concepts in leadership understandable without sullying the integrity of the academic discipline of leadership or leadership praxis. The content of the book flows seamlessly and logically. Northouse’s book gets a strong recommendation from this reviewer. Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practices demonstrates Northouse’s depth and breadth of experience as an academician and consultant. He is patently passionate about communicating not only the essence of leadership but the manner in which thoughtful leadership can transform people, communities, and organizations. "
Journal of Leadership Studies
“I have followed Peter Northouse's work for years. He has written another excellent book, this time a perfect introductory book for the new student of leadership.”
"In Northouse’s most recent publication, Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practices , he continues his impressive ability to render leadership theories and concepts extremely accessible. Despite the fact that this book is much lighter on theory than Northouse’s previous work, it is nonetheless better than most resources I have used in the past in addressing the personal and organizational implications of leadership in a matter-of-fact, nuts-and bolts manner. The content of the book flows seamlessly and logically. Northouse’s book gets a strong recommendation from this reviewer. He is patently passionate about communicating not only the essence of leadership but the manner in which thoughtful leadership can transform people, communities, and organizations. In this latest publication, he has done exactly that. "
"This textbook is a very useful introduction to the fundamental concepts and practices of leadership. The background theoretical inputs are short, snappy and relevant and designed to engage and inspire students towards further study...The interactive features are definitely the distinguishing factor of this textbook and allow readers to apply theoretical concepts to practice. With its use of questionnaires, reflective analyses, action planning worksheets and observational exercises, the textbook provides a valuable mechanism for transferring knowledge into practice."
Journal of European Industrial Training - David McGuire
Low cost; easy to read; each chapter provides a baseline of leadership principles that can be points of departure for thoughtful classroom discussion; rich in self-assessment exercises.
"A coffee table leadership text that highlights the important leadership concepts at a reasonable price. "
"This textbook is a very useful introduction to the fundamental concepts and practices of leadership. The background theoretical inputs are short, snappy and relevant and designed to engage and inspire students towards further study...The interactive features are definitely the distinguishing factor of this textbook and allow readers to apply theoretical concepts to practice. With its use of questionnaires, reflective analyses, action planning worksheets and observational exercises, the textbook provides a valuable mechanism for transferring knowledge into practice. "— David Mc Guire
Journal of European Industrial Training
"This is a great, useable, and student friendly textbook. It provides excellent leadership/theory/ content in an understandable manner and ii is broken down in to an easily understandable presentation. This book is student friendly, while being an excellent tool for the instructor. I recommend it without reservation!" --Dan Cunningham
"The perfect book for an introductory course in leadership. I think it aligns well with both education and business, and could be utilized to teach leadership to all students if leadership is a part of a core curriculum." --Lou L. Sabina
"This is my favorite book on the topic. I think Northouse has a tremendously valuable product here and the approach is very user/reader-friendly." --D. Keith Gurley
-This is a great, useable, and student friendly textbook. It provides excellent leadership/theory/ content in an understandable manner and ii is broken down in to an easily understandable presentation. This book is student friendly, while being an excellent tool for the instructor. I recommend it without reservation!- --Dan Cunningham
-The perfect book for an introductory course in leadership. I think it aligns well with both education and business, and could be utilized to teach leadership to all students if leadership is a part of a core curriculum.- --Lou L. Sabina
-This is my favorite book on the topic. I think Northouse has a tremendously valuable product here and the approach is very user/reader-friendly.- --D. Keith Gurley
