Fictional Leaders—Heroes, Villans and Absent Friends

JONATHAN GOSLING is a professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter and has published articles in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Leadership, Management Learning, Academy of Management Learning and Education, and in many more practice-oriented outlets. Professor Gosling advises several companies, international agencies and government departments on their leadership-related issues. He is a Fellow of the Windsor Leadership Trust, of the Leadership Trust Foundation ,Trustee of the Fintry Trust and JH Levy Trust, on the Advisory Board of the Defense Academy, a co-director of the European Leadership Center, and a director of Coaching Ourselves Inc. As director of the Center for Leadership Studies, he works with a first-rate team of researchers, teachers and consultants collectively making a significant impact on both the understanding and practice of leadership. In 2009, Professor Gosling became a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD, France, where he will continue research into experiential methods in leadership development. He has been Visiting Professor at McGill University, Quebec, and at Lund University, Sweden PETER VILLIERS is a writer, lecturer and consultant with a wealth of practical experience in leadership and development. He served in the merchant navy, as a captain in the Royal Armored Corps in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Hong Kong, and as the principal of a tutorial college. He lectured for 18 years from 1986 to 2004 as a senior tutor at the UK National Police Staff College, where his final position was head of human rights. He is a widely published author and has written textbooks, histories, guides, biographies and plays.