Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice, 6th Edition – Northouse (Paperback)

Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice, Sixth Edition, by Peter G. Northouse is SAGE’s paperback textbook for introductory leadership courses, organized around the practical responsibilities of being a leader.

Northouse is best known for Leadership: Theory and Practice, the graduate-level survey. Introduction to Leadership is his shorter, more hands-on book for undergraduates and working professionals. Instead of marching through theories, it is built around what leaders actually do – creating a vision, engaging strengths, handling conflict, building a climate, overcoming obstacles – and each chapter pairs the concept with a self-assessment questionnaire, an observational exercise, and a reflection and action worksheet so readers apply it to their own situation.

What’s included

• Sixth Edition, paperback, published by SAGE Publications
• ISBN-13: 9781071884928
• Chapters organized by key leader responsibilities
• Case studies, self-assessment questionnaires, observational exercises, and reflection and action worksheets in every chapter
• New chapter on working with groups
• Two new case studies and six new Leadership Snapshots profiling real leaders
• Grounded in current leadership theory and research

Who it’s for

Undergraduates in business, communication, and organizational leadership programs taking a first leadership course; nursing students and nurse managers in leadership and management courses, where the book is widely assigned; and supervisors and team leads in corporate or nonprofit training programs who want a structured, exercise-driven introduction rather than a theory survey.

Why this edition

The sixth edition adds a full chapter on leading groups, which addresses the team-based settings most readers work in, and refreshes the cases and Leadership Snapshots so the examples feel current. The questionnaires and worksheets, which are the reason instructors choose this book, are updated as well. If your course lists the sixth edition, earlier printings will not match the chapter sequence or the new cases.

Frequently asked questions

How is Introduction to Leadership different from Northouse’s Leadership: Theory and Practice?

Introduction to Leadership is the applied, undergraduate-level book organized around leader responsibilities. Leadership: Theory and Practice is the longer theory survey used mostly in graduate courses.

Is this edition used in nursing leadership courses?

Yes. It is commonly assigned in nursing leadership and management courses as well as in business and communication programs.

Does the paperback include the self-assessment questionnaires?

Yes. Each chapter contains the questionnaire, observational exercise, and reflection and action worksheet in the printed book.

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