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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS FOR WIZARDS AND WITCHES

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EXPLORING EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE

Series editor: Michael Urick

The aim of this series is to examine modern and innovative business theories and methods via relatable popular cultural themes. The books will provide academically rigorous and credible applications and solutions to practitioners and upper level business students, in a format designed to be highly engaging and effective

Titles in Exploring Effective Leadership Practices through Popular Culture:

• A Manager’s Guide to Using the Force: Leadership Lessons from a Galaxy Far Far Away

  Michael Urick

• Leadership in Middle Earth: Theories and applications for organizations

  Michael Urick

• Leaders Assemble! Leadership in the MCU

  Gordon B. Schmidt and Sayeed Islam

• You Win or You Die: Leadership Lessons from Kings and Queens

  Nathan Tong and Michael Urick

• Cross-cultural Leadership in the Four Nations : Lessons from Avatar The Last Airbender

  Sy Islam and Gordon Schmidt

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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS FOR WIZARDS AND WITCHES

by

ADITYA SIMHA

University of Wisconsin, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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First edition 2022

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ISBN: 978-1-80117-545-6 (Print)

ISBN: 978-1-80117-542-5 (Online)

ISBN: 978-1-80117-544-9 (Epub)

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I dedicate this book, which is my first book, to my beloved parents, Anand and Bhramara, and my beloved sister, Aparna. You have always encouraged me to read and write, and always got me all of the comics and fiction books I have ever wanted. You three have always been a constant source of support throughout my life. I love you all loads.

Contents

About the Author

Dr Aditya Simha is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. He obtained his PhD in Business Administration at Washington State University. He also has a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, while his Bachelor’s degree is in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University. His research is primarily in business ethics (e.g., ethical leadership, ethical climates, and unethical behavior), healthcare ethics (e.g., moral distress, mental health, and COVID anxiety), and organizational behavior (e.g., burnout, stress, and personality). He has published articles in business journals such as the Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Business Ethics, Management Decision, Nursing Ethics, and the Journal of Business Economics & Management. Additionally, he has published articles on healthcare ethics topics in medical journals like Family Medicine, and Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Management Decision and the Journal of Business Ethics Education, and is a regular reviewer for other journals like Studies in Higher Education, International Journal of Human Resources Management, and Journal of Business Ethics.

He teaches Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the MBA and Undergraduate levels, and teaches Micro Issues in Business, and Contemporary Research Methods at the Doctoral level. At the postgraduate level, he is an Active Doctoral Dissertation Chair. He also regularly presents at international conferences such as the Academy of Management, International Leadership Association, British Academy of Management, Western Academy of Management, Midwest Academy of Management, Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, and the International Society of Business Economics and Ethics World Congress.

He is a passionate consumer of fiction books and comic book series, both in book form as well as in movie/television form. This includes the Harry Potter series, the LOTR series, anything by P.G. Wodehouse, Tintin series, Hellboy Series, the Batman, John Constantine, Superman, and Spider-Man series among others. Additionally, he loves films of all genres and languages (spanning the gamut from Bollywood to Wakaliwood, with everything in between), and enjoys music (Oasis, The Beatles, Lady Gaga, AC/DC, Alisha Chinai, etc.). He is also a huge professional wrestling fan, and often looks to integrate examples from pro-wrestling into his work. He lives in Waunakee (the only Waunakee in the Whole Wide World), Wisconsin, along with his wife, two young sons (ages 7 and 5), and pet Otterhound.

Acknowledgments

I have many people to thank and acknowledge, and without these individuals, even Ludo Bagman would feel safe wagering that this book would not exist in its current form or at all. I will start off with my parents (Anand and Bhramara) and sister (Aparna), to whom this book is dedicated, for their steady support throughout the process. I thank my dear wife, Yashaswini, for her continuous encouragement and for providing many insightful comments on earlier drafts of my work. I also thank my awesome energetically curious kids, Advitiya and Ajinkya, for bludging my stress away like a pair of intrepid beaters. I must also certainly single out my mom for her steady checking-in-with-me to see how far the book had progressed. I must say that if those check-ins had not happened, I would be scrambling about now searching for a Time-Turner about how to get more time. And, we all know how strict the Ministry has become about handing out Time-Turners these days.

I also thank my awesome series editor Dr Michael Urick and the best Books Commissioning agent of all time, Fiona Allison. Thank you both for being so encouraging and supportive, and super available. I thoroughly enjoyed working with you, and hope to continue doing so well into a ripe old Nicholas Flamel-like age. Thank you also to all of the Emerald support staff for all the help in making this project come to fruition. And, I would especially like to thank Neela Gooty, for her meticulous and insightful reviewing of two chapters of this book.

I also thank all my colleagues, friends, and mentors from all of my years in academia, especially to my academic dad, John Cullen, and my academic brothers and cousins like Praveen Parboteeah, Sang Kyun Kim, Chung-Wen Chen, and Fariss Mousa. I would also like to specifically thank David Elloy for being an amazing mentor. I have learned a lot from you, and I hope that some of that learning is reflected here in this book.

Finally, I must thank J. K. Rowling for having created a masterpiece series, one that has been profoundly impactful to many people across the globe. Thank you to all my supporters, friends, family, and well-wishers from the bottom of my heart – I have enjoyed writing this book, and I trust you will enjoy reading it, and find it a pleasant and useful book.