Leadership is easier said than done. Few things are as easily expressed in grand words and so difficult to achieve in pratice as leadership. This book is an invitation - and hopefully also a provocation - to reflect on why this is so.<br><br>A Brief Introduction to Leadership is an intelligent and well-formulated book on an ubiquitous phenomenon. The author offers provocative ideas and invites us to reflect. The reader will get both a clearer understanding of the phenomenon and better qualifications to succeed in leadership in practical life. <br><br>«A Brief Introduction to Leadership should be on any bedside table. Or maybe not? It would have a much greater impact if the book in addition was the starting point for study groups in organizations around the world. By reading A Brief Introduction to Leadership you are far better equipped to participate in any discussions about leadership. The book is research-based and free from flowery rhetoric and standard recipes.» <br>Beate Karlsen (AFF/NHH) in Dagens Næringsliv <br><br>Jan Ketil Arnulf (born 1960) is associate professor at BI Norwegian Business School, and a registered specialist in industrial/organizational as well as clinical psychology. In recent years he has concentrated upon how leadership is exercised and created. Arnulf is a popular, engaging and intrepid lecturer. He has been teaching in China since 2006, acting as the dean of the BI-Fudan MBA program in Shanghai.