Leadership is an important attribute among individuals such as managers, academic experts and researchers. The topic of leadership continues to grow in popularity and importance across almost every industry. How leaders in leadership positions communicate determines their effectiveness and success in achieving high levels of performance and success in their organization. There are many books that provide insight into effective leadership and communication. One such book is by Atwater and Waldman (2012). This article provides a summary, contextual analysis, and review of the book. The book provides an overview of leadership to improve managers' understanding of open communication and feedback. Elements explained regarding these processes include: the impact of provider and recipient characteristics on the open communication process and the expected outcomes of negative feedback and their effects on leadership (Atwater and Waldman, 2012, pp. 2-9) . The book also explains when it is appropriate for managers to engage in open communication at the organizational level and how to handle negative comments from their followers. The book provides communication guidelines to help managers and other practitioners strengthen their leadership skills (Atwater & Waldman, 2012, pp. 13-45). The book emphasizes the existing knowledge base relating to open communication for those in leadership positions. In its last and final chapters, it presents in-depth analyzes of the literature and theories that explain how open communication can be undertaken by managers. He explains that open communication presents itself as a leadership dilemma at all levels of management within an organization and involves a significant range of...... middle of paper ...... whose uses are not are not up to date. For example, while discussing self-esteem and self-efficacy, he uses old references published before 1960, such as Heider (1958), and others published before 1990, such as McCarty (1986) and McFarlin and Blascovich (1981) (Atwater and Waldman). , 2012, p.15). This can be easily interpreted by readers as a lack of thorough research, which, in turn, can destroy their confidence and interest in the book. The book provides very important approaches to leadership and ways to deal with dilemmas, negative feedback and other aspects of management. problems. Although it has some minor flaws, the book is well written and properly structured, making it easy for the target readers to understand its contents. Works Cited Atwater, LE and Waldman, DA (2012). Leadership, feedback and open communication deficit. New York, NY: Psychology Press.