Full Description
Leadership in Recreation and Leisure Services presents cutting-edge guidance and helps students apply their newfound knowledge as they prepare to enter the rapidly changing leisure services field.
This text presents fresh insights on leadership from the most prominent voices in the field today. The contributors present a comprehensive look at modern leadership, identify the challenges future leaders will face, and reveal how future leaders can best prepare to meet those challenges.
Leadership in Recreation and Leisure Services provides
• a detailed look at the collaborative approach to leadership in leisure services that represents a new direction in the field;
• insight into classical leadership as well as innovative and modern leadership theory and best practices; and
• an understanding of the roles and functions students will fulfill as they enter the profession.
The material, designed for undergraduate recreation and leisure services leadership courses, is presented in three parts. Part I explores personal leadership issues, including communication skills, negotiation strategies, and leadership styles. Part II delves into professional leadership, examining topics such as group dynamics, supervision practices, and team leadership. Part III explores organizational leadership, including internal and external leadership and professional development.
The authors present new theories of leadership from research in the field of recreation and leisure. Several learning aids—including chapter-opening scenarios, key terms, glossary, references, and chapter-ending questions for reflection and discussion—appear throughout the text. In addition, each chapter features a Leisure Leaders sidebar that profiles a leader in the field who addresses preparation for the job, a peek at day-to-day work, and advice for aspiring leaders. And a Best Practices sidebar showcases an organization whose innovative leadership has led to positive organizational outcomes.
Leadership in Recreation and Leisure Services helps students understand the range of leadership skills they need to develop for successful careers.
Contents
Part I Personal Leadership
Chapter 1 Introduction to 21st-Century Leadership in Leisure Services
Tim O'Connell
What Is Leadership?
Recreation and Leisure Services Leaders in the 21st Century
Setting the Stage for Leading in 21st-Century Recreation and Leisure Services
Summary
Chapter 2 Self-Leadership
Brent Cuthbertson
Toward a Definition of Leadership
Understanding Your Self
Personality
Values, Beliefs, and Emotional Intelligence
Summary
Chapter 3 Interpersonal Communication Skills
Terilyn Goins
The Nature of Interpersonal Communication
Listening and the Perception Process
Communication Competence and Leadership
Task- Versus Relations-Oriented Leadership
Traditional Face-to-Face Versus E-Leadership
Interpersonal Leadership Model
Summary
Chapter 4 Facilitating Group Experiences
Brent Wolfe
Foundational Definitions
Roles of a Facilitator
Facilitation Techniques
Summary
Chapter 5 Leadership, Diversity, and Inclusion
Lynn Anderson
Diversity Defined
Variations: A New Way of Thinking
Inclusive Leadership
Professional Development for Inclusive Leaders
The New Norm
Best Practices in Inclusive Leadership
Summary
Chapter 6 Leadership Styles and Ethics
Mary Breunig
Leadership Theories
Values and Ethics
Decision Making
Summary
Part II Leading as a Professional in Leisure Services
Chapter 7 Understanding Group Dynamics
Tim O'Connell and Michael Van Bussel
Groups Defined
History of Groups
Group Development
Norms
Roles
Group Size
Cohesion
Socialization
Environmental Factors
Leadership Theory and Working With Groups
Common Issues With Groups
Summary
Chapter 8 Direct Leadership in Recreation, Leisure, Hospitality, and Tourism
Michael Van Bussel
Motivation
Preferences in Leadership Behavior
Dimensions of Leader Behavior
Multidimensional Model of Leadership
Tools for Direct Leadership: Setting Goals and Objectives
Summary
Chapter 9 Supervising Staff and Volunteers
Marilynn R. Glasser
Defining Supervision
Supervisors' Responsibilities
Supervising Volunteers
How to Be a Top-Notch Parks and Recreation Supervisor
Summary
Chapter 10 Team Development and Team Leadership
Greg Robinson
Understanding Team Development
Teamwork in the 21st Century
Team Learning Dynamics
Team Formation
Individual Factors for Team Success
Team and Individual Leadership
Team Delivery Programs
Successful and Unsuccessful Team Development
Summary
Chapter 11 Risk Management in Leadership
Robert Kauffman
Negligence Considerations
Designing the Experience
2\x\2 Risk Matrix: Perceived Versus Actual Risks
Adventure Experience Paradigm
Accident Causation and Safety Management
Summary
Part III Organizational Leadership
Chapter 12 Internal Organizational Leadership and Professional Development
Amy Hurd
Succession Planning
Step 1: Understand Agency Development Needs
Step 2: Assess Job Demands, Competencies, and Bench Strength
Step 3: Build the Talent Pool
Summary
Chapter 13 External Community and Organizational Leadership
Dale Larsen
External Community Leaders
External Organizational Leadership
Summary
Chapter 14 Leading in the Profession
Jane H. Adams and Elaine Schilling
Macro Trends Affecting Parks and Recreation
Competencies for the 21st-Century Parks and Recreation Leader
Summary
