"Diversity in Africa: The Coming of Age of a Continent" provokes reflection on diversity through a collection of essays and papers whose authors themselves are diverse in experience and nationalities - representing all continents except Antarctica. The voices of the authors share their realities of diversity by offering unique perspectives into diversity on an individual level, as well as the experiential challenges of implementing diversity programmes at the country, public sector, company and civil society levels. Many authors' realities of diversity were selected to expand the definition of diversity, beyond the compliance parameters of gender, ethnicity and physical ability.

Exclusion is the process by which some people are out-grouped, or the state experienced by those alienated and/or marginalised. Lived Experiences of Exclusion in the Workplace shares the emotional expressions of those who have faced alienation and marginalisation - from subtle to traumatic. Their stories reveal an abundance of factors which lead to exclusion and offer insights for the reader into instances of systemic-, organisational- and personal exclusion, as well as providing guidance on how to trigger belonging and inclusion through various, often simple measures. The presence of greater diversity in our organisations, as well as growing demands for equity, inclusion and social justice, compel us to address stumbling blocks. These findings collectively place remedial responsibilities in the hands of institutions, organisations, leaders, managers and employees who form the powerful/privileged in-group, as well as those who are excluded.

Performance Through Learning is a practical guide to the key issues surrounding knowledge management from a human resource perspective and provides incisive insights into developing a strategy linked to organizational learning. The authors present a framework and model that practitioners within organizations can adapt to increase performance through learning using knowledge management tools. The book is divided into two parts and includes: *An overview of theory *Case studies and practitioner stories from a range of KM initiatives *Tools and techniques for implementing an effective KM strategy. Written by a respected international author team, the book provides an understanding of the theory that supports knowledge management in the current business environment. Drawing upon real-life examples across a variety of organizational settings, from large global financial and professional services firms, to multinational oil and mining companies, to a small charity in the voluntary sector

Africa's diversity is its greatest resource and challenge. In this book, leaders from business, government, academia and the voluntary sector discuss the implications of this diversity for leadership. Throughout, contributors relate organisational issues to the social, political and cultural contexts and focus on the role of effective leadership.

'Bottom-Line Knowledge Management' aims to educate HR practitioners in the area of knowledge management and provides a strong fit with the IHP series. An underlying assumption is that knowledge management is a key element in managing change, organizational learning, business performance and sustaining competitive advantage - which are critical and constant in today's organizations. Each chapter includes an introduction, a brief overview of theory, implementation guidelines, performance measurements and scorecards, answers to frequently asked questions, tools and techniques for effective knowledge management, and stories told by experienced practitioners in companies, government and non-governmental businesses around the globe. Each chapter ends with a brief summary and questions for a student or reader to expand their ability to apply the information from the chapter in practice. British Petroleum's experience over more than a decade of change, including its widely publicized knowledge management initiative, as well as Clarica's initiative that has led to a Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) award in 2001, are woven throughout the book. Discussed throughout are other short cases (2-8 pages) from around the globe. Interviews with academic and practitioner authorities in the field of knowledge management, (e.g., Hubert Saint-Onge, Verna Allee, Karl Wiig) add an understanding of the theory that supports knowledge management in the current business environment.

Everyone is on a journey of growth, from birth to death. The authors used their research data, to tap into the vital stages of this journey of growth from a psychological growth perspective. They linked the stages of psychological growth to self-leadership development. Additionally, they linked different stages of self-leadership development to different types and styles of leadership. For example, they found that authoritative leadership is linked to earlier stages of psychological growth, while inclusive leadership is linked to latter stages of psychological growth.

The Poetic Journey of Self-Leadership: Leadership Development along Stages of Psychological Growth is relevant to those interested in self-reflection (as it assists to assign oneself to a stage of psychological development), personal growth (as it anticipates processes to follow during one’s current stage of development), self-leadership development, as well as useful for leadership assessment by practitioners (by assigning leadership to stages of development). Additionally, from an academic perspective, the book is relevant to psychology, sociology and leadership students.

Contents include:

• Surviving: Abandonment versus overwhelment; Survival-stage leader
• Conforming: Internality versus externality; Conforming leader
• Differentiating: Social predestination; Differentiated leader
• Individuating: Guilt versus fear; Journey to individuation; Conquering complexes; Authenticity; Individuated leader
• Self-actualizing: Kintsugi; Traumas; Magical other; Self-actualised leader
• Integrating: Values; Heroes; Purpose; Integrated leader
• Serving: Servant leader

Books about leadership and poetry are mostly written from the perspective of leaders, but The Poetic Journey of Self-Leadership: Leadership Development along Stages of Psychological Growth, focuses on self-leadership development, and not the usual listing of heroic leader capabilities that must be strived for. The authors used self-reported poetry from diverse participants, and in their own voices as their main data collection source. The book presents a diversity of writing styles and topics, and makes it much wider in scope and richer than other books.

Knowledge management, which came to the attention of managers in private business, not-for-profits and public institutions at the end of the last century, has really stayed in the realm of theory and good ideas. This title takes the pragmatic approach to knowledge management, with emphasis on creating a comprehensive, shared language around many of the theoretical issues, translating theory into simple, practical implementation paths, and, through an integrated series of grounded questions, provides frameworks for embedding knowledge management into organisations (whether public, private or not-for-profit). When used by team members or employees of organisations, it provides baselines for identifying relevant knowledge and information, and the strategic drivers, measurements, implementation as well as shared communication.

In the twenty-first century, leaders are having to speak a new language, create fluid, organic structures and recognise organisations as systems with self-renewing capacity. This book explores what real leadership means, encouraging the reader to look within - examine assumptions, make explicit the trusted mental models, seek out reflective space and embark on the journey of authentic self-expression. It looks at the metaskills of the leader today; complexity - uncertainty and change; connectivity - communication, conversation and dialogue; process - strategy and leadership; stewardship - the leader as servant; ambiguity - leadership incongruities, tensions and paradoxes.

Steward leadership is a form of leadership that focuses on others, the community and society at large, rather than the self. Many senior leaders and executives across the globe appear to 'naturally' move into a stewardship mindset at a ripe age or when their careers have matured, whereas executives of around 30 years old, on average, are typically focused on their personal self-interests. The authors of Steward Leadership: a maturational perspective, who teach MBA courses around the world, wondered how to develop stewards at younger ages and set about creating a framework for stewardship and its requisite behaviour. Their research was conducted among a group of MBA students, testing nine stewardship attributes: personal vision, personal mastery, vulnerability and maturity, risk-taking and experimentation, mentoring, raising awareness, shared vision, valuing diversity, and delivering results. The outcome of the study, which is explored in this book, provides a base-line of attitudes, which were tested against various demographic variables. In addition, the authors interviewed industry leaders from around the world to gauge their perspectives on and experience with the concept of stewardship and some of its dimensions, to gain qualitative insights. The results of their research provide the theoretical as well as consulting tools with which organisations can develop stewards, whether through training programmes, mentoring programmes, coaching initiatives and/or personal development practices. The authors believe that stewardship is a more viable and indeed better alternative to current leadership concepts. This book provides a roadmap by which contemporary and upcoming leaders can be guided into developing their leadership abilities - and become the stewards of the future.