BOOKS

Chaos is a Gift: Leading Oneself in Uncertain and Complex Environments (2020)

Can chaos be a gift? When dealt with effectively, it can lead to greater innovation, better teamwork, better interpersonal relations, and better performance. But in order to achieve this within a changing and demanding VUCA environment, leaders and non-leaders must first learn to lead themselves. This guide will show you how to exactly that within our own turbulent times. Chaos is a Gift? offers practical realities and specific recommendations on how to lead yourself in the private and public sectors, the academic world, and conflict/post-conflict environments. This book is ideal for leaders in a broad range of environments, including the business, private, academic, and public sectors, and conflict/post-conflict environments.

This book is arranged in six sections:

Introduction – Leading oneself in VUCA environments: This section provides introductory
discussions on perspectives of leading in complex and uncertain environments, followed by perspectives of leading oneself in VUCA environments.

Leading oneself in the private sector: Skills of conflict wisdom, self-care, humanness, and stillness 

Leading oneself in the academic sector: Some of the significant concepts discussed include resilience, agility, optimism, adaptability, and servant leadership.

Leading oneself in the public sector: Transformational, relational and participative leadership are scrutinized.

Leading oneself in conflict and post-conflict environments: Focuses on conflict resolution, liminal leadership, and religious leadership.

Looking ahead, outcomes, recommendations, and final thoughts: A strategic leadership in leading oneself model in VUCA environments, leading oneself skills in different environments and explaining why chaos indeed is a gift to leadership is addressed.

    Peace Leadership Self Transformation to Peace

(2019)

This book offers leaders deeper insight into the concept of “peace leadership” and how to implement it. Specific tools and initiatives on how to become a highly-effective peace leader are included. Whilst highlighting peace developers as leaders, this book explores emotional, social, and communal intelligence as building-blocks to transform conflict from violence to reconciliation and peace.

This book is arranged in 4 sections:

1. 1. Peace leadership in perspective: This section offers discussions on nature and meaning of peace leadership, important building blocks for peace leadership, and a peace leadership-in-action model.
   2.  Implementation strategies focus on leading peace through self, leading with others and leading communities.
   3.  Tools and initiatives to become a highly effective peace leader, including information and communication technological innovations for peace leaders and sport as a tool for peacebuilding.
   4.  Concluding thoughts with the emphasis on what we have learned and looking ahead.

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Global Leadership Initiatives for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (2018)

Global Leadership Initiatives for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding addresses many global leadership challenges in managing the complexity of the political, economic, and human security in a post-conflict environment.  As the global environment changes, it is essential for global leaders to adapt and develop flexible strategies for resolving conflicts and achieving peace.

This book is an important resource for global leaders and peace developers, global leaders and peace scholar-practitioners, educators, and researchers seeking current research on leadership as a critical strategy toward sustainable peace within the stabilization and reconstruction development in a post-conflict environment.

Chapters

1. 1. 1. Leadership: Its Influence on Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
      2.  Meaning and Concept of Peace Leadership
      3. Global Sustainability Leadership:  A Key for the Peace in the World
      4. Global and Intercultural Leadership: Implementing a Comprehensive and Sustainable Peace Process in Colombia
      5. The Cultural Dimension of Peace Operations: Peacekeeping and Cultural Property
      6. Cultural Intelligence Among Organizational Leaders as a Way to Enhance Peace and Conflict Resolution within Organizations
      7. The Role of Strategic Thinking Capability of Leaders in Solving Organizational Conflicts
      8. Peace Leadership Education within Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Approach in International Peace Leadership College in the Philippines
      9. The Importance of Truth Commission Leadership:  The cautionary tale of Kenya’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
      10. The Roman Republic in Greece: Lessons for Modern Peace and Stability Operations
      11. Traditional Leaders in the Reconciliation of Muslim-Christian Conflicts in Moluccas
      12. The Women Who Tried to Stop the Great War: The International Congress of Women at The Hague 1915
      13. Regional Political Leadership and Policy Integration in Great Lakes Region of Africa
      14. Role of Leaders in Post-Conflict Societies: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia

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Book Chapters 

1. 1. • Campbell, A. (2020).  Forgiveness and reconciliation as an organizational leadership competency within transitional justice instruments. In Spears, L. Ferch, S., Tran, D., Song, J. Servant Leadership and Forgiveness: How leaders help heal the heart of the world. New York, NY: Suny Press.
      • Campbell, A. (2020). Perspectives of leading in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment. In Campbell, A & Van Zyl, E. Chaos is a gift: Leading oneself in an uncertain and complex environment. KrPublishing: Pretoria, South Africa.
      • Campbell, A. (2020). Conflict resolution and peacebuilding: Leading oneself in an uncertain and complex environment. In Campbell, A &Van Zyl, E. Chaos is a gift: Leading oneself in an uncertain and complex environment. KrPublishing: Pretoria, South Africa.
      • Campbell, A. (2019). Transformation: Leading peace through self, others, and the Community. In Campbell, A. & Van Zyl, E. Peace Leadership: Self-Transformation to Peace. (pp. 1-21). KR Publishing: Pretoria, South Africa.
      • Cambell, A, (2019). Leadership role as a deterrent within international conflict management. In Bhattacharyya, S. Emerging Approaches for Conflict Resolution in Organizations, (115-155) IGI Publishing: Hershey, PA.
      • Campbell, A (2018). Leadership: Its influence on conflict resolution and peacebuilding. In Campbell, A. Global leadership initiatives for conflict resolution and peacebuilding. (pp. 5-27). IGI Publishing: Hershey, PA.
      • Campbell, A. (2016). Leadership education in transitional justice. In Pandey, K. & Upadhyay, P. Handbook of Research on Promoting Global Peace and Civic Engagement through Education. (pp. 190-211). IGI Publishing: Hershey, PA.

Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. • Campbell, A. (2017). Forgiveness and Reconciliation as an Organizational Leadership Competence within the Transitional Justice, International Journal for Servant Leadership, 11, 114-128. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3532823
   • Campbell, A. (2016). Group collaborative challenges in today’s competitive environment, International Journal of Research and Development, 2(5) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=280927
   • Campbell, A. (2014). Leadership Role as a Deterrent within Transitional Justice, European Consortium for Political Research, http://ecpr.eu/filestore/paperproposal/cc09df42-d101-4698-8533-ca7fc535de4c.pdf
   • Campbell, A. (2014). An in-depth analysis of shared governance in a complex environment, International Journal of Economics, Commerce, and Management, 8, 1, 29-38.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2484918
   • Campbell, A. (2013). Resilience as Conflict resolution: merging victimology and leadership to secure peace. International Journal of Social Science Research, 2, 53-60. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2483568
   • Campbell, A. (2013). In-depth analysis of global leadership challenges. Journal of Business and Ethics, 5, 69-77. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2483573
   • Campbell, A. (2013). Process improvement and leadership in service management. International Journal of Marketing and Management. 
   • Campbell, A. (2013). Global economic analysis of China, Russia, and India. International Journal of Economics and Social Science, 1, 59-68. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2483562