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Defining Hybrid Heroes: The Leadership Spectrum from Scoundrel to Saint defines the hero (and his or her journey) from a hybrid perspective, exploring the spectrum from scoundrel to saint. It utilizes a more dynamic and situational outlook, regarding heroism not only as a personal characteristic, but also as a series of heroic acts within a given situation.
The book examines the hybrid hero from several distinctive points of view, e.g. through lenses dominated by fiction, business, politics and psychology, and paints a new, more complex portrait that takes full advantage of the authors’ varied backgrounds. Inge Brokerhof has an academic background in psychology and has studied the impact of narrative fiction on workplace variables, such as career identity, employability and moral leadership. Stephan Sonnenburg has studied Joseph Campbell and the impact of the hero’s journey on creativity and innovation management. Greg Stone is a communications consultant who teaches executives and professors how to explain their work in clear and compelling language.
“Defining Hybrid Heroes is a must-read book because it reimagines Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey. Three authors develop a new approach to heroes that takes it off its pedestal. Heroes no longer need to be the ideal type, the perfect moral right-acting person who lives in a time when gangsters and errant politicians, such as Trump, are considered heroes in some parts of society. To understand the path of the hybrid is to understand that all human beings have some heroic possibility and make some difficult transformation that qualifies them to be heroes. We all wanna be heroes. We all want heroes to save the day. But heroes are not saints. The book is a fascinating read offering a balanced mix of practical advice, a summary of the available literature and some new ideas.” — Emeritus Professor David Boje, New Mexico State University, and Honorary Professor at Fisk University
Prologue; Introduction; 1. The Role of Hybrid Heroes in Popular Stories and Moral Leadership By Inge Brokerhof; 2. Isn’t Every Heroic Person on a Hybrid Journey? Joseph Campbell Revisited By Stephan Sonnenburg; 3. Hybrid Heroes in Extremis and at Work By Greg Stone; 4. The Meaning of Hybrid Heroes for Individuals, Businesses, and Society: A Concluding Round-Table Discussion ; Index