Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.

Overview -- About the author -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction -- The management and leadership continuum -- Public health and adaptive leadership -- The six levels of leadership -- Leadership at the personal level -- Leadership and quality of life -- Leadership at the team level -- Collaboration and change -- Leadership at the organizational level -- Boards of health and county commissioners -- Leadership at the community level -- The community in crisis -- Leadership at the global level -- Cross-cultural communication -- Professional leadership developmen -- Professional public health organizations.