Leadership in the Construction Industry presents a new framework for leadership in the construction industry which draws from the authentic leadership construct. The framework has three major themes:

• self-leadership
• self-transcendent leadership
• sustainable leadership.

Despite its significance, leadership has not been given due importance in the construction industry as focus is placed on managerial functionalism. At the project level, even with the technological advances in the industry in recent years, construction is realised in the form of people undertaking distinct interdependent activities which require effective leadership. The industry faces many challenges including: demanding client requirements and project parameters; more stringent regulations, codes and systems; intense competition in the industry; and threats from disruptive enterprise. In such a complex environment, technology-driven and tool-based project and corporate management is insufficient. It must be complemen