Release Date: January 28, 2025
Size: 5.25 x 8
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-57869-184-5
eBook ISBN: 978-1-57869-185-2
Library of Congress Control Number: TBD
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SYNOPSIS

Becoming a leader in your field can be a huge professional and personal adjustment. If you are called to the task, this Approachable Handbook for Emerging Leaders—blending academics and narrative storytelling—may be the resource you need. Key themes include: Growth and Reflection in your career and personal life; Care and Compassion, which increases the likelihood you will do great work; and Evolution of theories around leadership from trait to behavior to emotion.

In Leadership Bites, Dr. McCoog traces the history of leadership theory beginning in the 1880s up to the modern day, while pairing theory with inspirational, eclectic, and sometimes personal short stories spanning the worlds of psychology, sports, education, and contemporary culture. This informative and readable book on leadership includes a Foreword by Thomas J. Starmack, plus charts and pictures to illustrate what makes a great leader.

Advanced PraiSe

“Ian McCoog’s new book is a highly original and deeply reflective take on the nature of leadership. Both an essential primer on the history and theory of the field and a compelling collection of personal stories of leaders in action, Leadership Bites is entertaining, wise, and inspirational. Highly recommended!” 

—Damian Tarnopolsky, author of Every Night I Dream I’m a Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m a Monster

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“Using his expert research skills, Dr. Ian McCoog writes about the important yet difficult task of being a leader. He provides fascinating, absorbing, and inspiring anecdotes that will help any emerging leader navigate their new role.”

—Kayla Branstetter, author of Don’t Be an Athena

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“Leadership is complex. In Leadership Bites, Ian McCoog has culled important and powerful nuggets from generations of leadership theories and models, highlighting both the overlap and divergence of the array of leadership approaches and characteristics. The stories he shares vividly illustrate each leadership approach in a way that engages the brain and touches the heart.” 

—Paul Reinert, associate professor of educational leadership at Wilkes University

Meet the author

Dr. Ian McCoog teaches leadership and medical humanities at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He and his family live in the Susquehanna River Valley. Leadership Bites is his first book.