Abstract
The uncertainties and interdependencies of the world in which we live demand that we understand how to organize and lead in such a way that withstands turbulence, crises, and ongoing change. The purpose of this handbook chapter is to analytically review what is known about leadership and resilient organizing. We identify themes and patterns (i.e., definitions employed; research questions asked, methods used) in (meta)theoretical approaches to examining leadership and resilient organizing. We present representative empirical findings and conceptual frameworks. Furthermore, we draw on the first author's founding of the Purdue Peace Project, a ten-year-plus political violence prevention engaged scholarship initiative, as an illustration of leadership and resilient organizing at multiple levels (individual, team, community) and draw on the first author's reflections and experiences of leadership in action during these multi-year projects. The analytical literature review and firsthand reflections enable us to chart a course for future research on leadership and (and leadership for) resilient organizing.