Dr. Donna Ladkin Cranfield University, UK

Donna Ladkin is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Learning and Leadership at Cranfield School of Management in the UK. She has written extensively about leadership from an aesthetic perspective, including articles about 'leading beautifully' and the aesthetic of authentic leadership published in The Leadership Quarterly, as well work reconsidering charisma... read moreas an experience of the sublime published in Leadership. Her book, 'Rethinking Leadership: A New Look at Old Leadership Questions' applies philosophical, including aesthetic and ethical perspectives, to perennially debated questions about leadership. As well as studying leadership from an academic perspective, she coaches executives and their teams from a broad range of public and private sector organizations throughout Europe.