1. The Facial Displays of Leadership: A systematic review of the literature; Carl Senior -- 2. Formidability and Alliance Politics in Humans and Nonhuman Species; Christopher Watkins -- 3. Facing your competition: Findings from the 2016 Presidential Election; Patrick Stewart, Elena Svetieva, Austin Eubanks & Jason Miller -- 4. In/appropriate Aggression in the Presidential Debates: How Trump's nonverbal displays intensified verbal norm violations in 2016; Erik Bucy & Zijian Harrison Gong -- 5. The Evolutionary Psychology of Leadership Trait Perception; Kristen Knowles -- 6. Facial Displays of Dominance in Non Human Primates; Rachel M Petersen, Constance Dubec and James. P. Higham -- 7. About Face! Facial Status Cues and Perceptions of Charismatic Leadership; Caroline F Keating.

This book provides a multifaceted analysis of how the human face drives many of our most important social behaviors. People perceive the identities, genders, and attractiveness of others from the many different faces they see every day. There has been great deal of research on the psychology, neuropsychology and neuroscience of how these perceptions are formed. However the facial displays of leadership, with their almost ubiquitous role in our social lives, remain largely unexplored. Carl Senior argues that perhaps now more than ever, it is crucial to understand how facial displays communicate leadership abilities. This book brings together perspectives from a range of international experts across a variety of fields including social psychology, organisational sciences and the study of primates, with the aim to further our understanding of this fundamental social force. Scholars and professionals, as well as anyone interested in learning more about how the face is used to drive our perception of leadership, will find this book of great interest. .