"This book examines the various thinking skills that leaders may need to find success in contemporary organizations and institutions, covering a wide array of skills that are held to be important by key leadership scholars. Bridging theory and practice, chapters summarize major findings with respect to a particular ability, knowledge, or skill, providing theoretical frameworks for understanding how these contribute to leader emergence and performance, and considering implications for leader selection, assessment, and development." -- Provided by publisher.

Introduction /Michael D. Mumford and Cory A. Higgs -- Intelligence and leadership / John Antonakis, Dean Keith Simonton and Jonathan Wai -- Leadership and information processing : a dynamic system, dual-processing perspective / Robert G. Lord -- Uncertainty and problem-solving : the role of leader in information gathering strategies / Jay J. Caughron, Teresa Ristow and Alison L. Antes -- Are satisfied employees productive or productive employees satisfied? : how leaders think about and apply causal information / David R. Peterson -- Thinking about causes : how leaders identify the critical variables to act on / Michael D. Mumford, Cory A. Higgs, Erin Michelle Todd and Samantha Elliot -- Leaders' shifts in attention during an organizational crisis : longitudinal evidence of responses to a crisis within a top management team / Ian A. Combe and David J. Carrington -- Creative problem solving : processes, strategies, and considerations for leaders / Kelsey E. Medeiros, Belinda C. Williams and Adam Damadzic -- Seeing the future through the past : forecasting skill as a basis for leader performance / Michael D. Mumford, Mark Fichtel, Tanner Newbold, Samantha England and Cory A. Higgs -- Leader decision making capacity : an information processing perspective / Shing Kwan Tam, Dawn L. Eubanks and Tamara L. Friedrich -- Making sense of leaders making sense / Peter Gronn -- Leaders, teams, and their mental models / Jensine Paoletti, Denise L. Reyes and Eduardo Salas -- Leader social acuity / Stephen J. Zaccaro and Elisa M. Torres -- Leadership and monitoring skills / David V. Day, Ronald E. Riggio and Rowan Y. Mulligan -- Wisdom, foolishness and toxicity in leadership : how does one know which is which? / Robert J. Sternberg.