Publications
Sebastian is an avid researcher and published author in the areas of leadership development and psychotherapy.
Please find below a summary of Sebastian’s main publications.
- Book

Salicru, S. (2017). Leadership Results: How to Create Adaptive Leaders and High-performing Organisations for an Uncertain World. John Wiley & Sons.
https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Results-High-Performing-Organisations-Uncertain/dp/0730345378
- Book Chapters

Salicru, S. (2016). Global Leadership Development. In Grant, P. (Ed.) with Association for Business Psychology, Business Psychology in Action: Creating Flourishing Organisations Through Evidence-based and Emerging Practices (pp. 145-167). Leicester, UK. Matador, Troubador Publishing.
https://www.amazon.com/Business-Psychology-co-author-Juliane-Sternemann/dp/1784625485

Salicru, S. (2015). The Global Leadership Psychological Contract Model – Actionable to Shape the Future to 2050. In Sowcik, M. (Ed.) with International Leadership Association, Leadership 2050: Critical Challenges, Key Contexts and Emerging Trends (pp. 159-173). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.
https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-2050-Critical-Challenges-Contexts/dp/1785603493
- Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed)
Salicru S. (2022). How Can Psychiatry Catch Up with the Wave of the Future During the Current Global Mental Health and Addiction Crisis? A Clinician’s Perspective. World Journal of Psychiatry Mental Health Research, 6(1): 1031.
Salicru, S. (2021). Purpose and meaning: The re-emergence of a timeless cure for depression during COVID-19: A practitioner’s perspective. Clinical Psychiatry, 7(4):101-103.
https://clinical-psychiatry.imedpub.com/purpose-and-meaning-the-reemergence-of-a-timeless-cure-for-depression-during-covid19-a-practitioners-perspective.php?aid=39315
Salicru, S. (2021). A Practical and Contemporary Model of Depression for Our Times—A Timeless Existential Clinician’s Perspective. Open Journal of Depression, 10(2), 54-89.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ojd.2021.102005
Salicru, S. (2020). Retiring Categorical Systems and the Biomedical Model of Mental Illness: The Why and the How – A Clinician’s Perspective. Psychology, 11(8), 1215-1235.
https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2020.118081
Salicru, S. (2020). A new model of leadership-as-practice development for consulting psychologists. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 72(2), 79–99.
https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000142
Salicru, S. (2018). Storytelling as a Leadership Practice for Sensemaking to Drive Change in Times of Turbulence and High Velocity. Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 15 Issue: 2.
https://doi.org/10.33423/jlae.v15i2.649
Salicru, S., Wassenaar, E., Suerz, E., & Spittle, J. (2016). A Case Study of Global Leadership Development Best Practice. OD Practitioner, 48(2), pp: 12-20.
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=sSGaqosAAAAJ&hl=en
Salicru. S., & Chelliah, J. (2014). Messing with Corporate Heads? Psychological Contracts and Leadership Integrity. Journal of Business Strategy, 35(3), 38-46.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JBS-10-2013-0096
- Psychology Today Publications
Salicru, S. (2022, August 6). Spirituality and Its Contribution to Mental Health: A neglected construct in an age of anxiety, depression, and addiction. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202208/spirituality-and-its-contribution-mental-health
Salicru, S. (2022, May 24). A paradigm Shift With New Windows to Mental Health: A silent revolution is happening in psychology and mental health today. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202205/paradigm-shift-new-windows-mental-health
Salicru, S. (2022, March 8). Manage Negative Emotions Using Written Emotional Disclosure: Write your negativity away and feel better. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202203/manage-negative-emotions-using-written-emotional
Salicru, S. (2022, January 26). A New Way to Address Impostor Syndrome: It starts with an integration of Immunity to Change and Schema Therapy. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202201/new-way-address-impostor-syndrome
Salicru, S. (2022, January 3). How to Reinvent Your Life and Flourish in 2022: Unlock your unique “lifetrap combination code.” Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202201/how-reinvent-your-life-and-flourish-in-2022
Salicru, S. (2021, December 31). Do You Feel Trapped or Boxed In? It could be your schemas or life-traps. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202112/do-you-feel-trapped-or-boxed-in
Salicru, S. (2021, November 21). Responsibility, Freedom, Empowerment, and Mental Health: How to empower yourself by decluttering your mind. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202111/responsibility-freedom-empowerment-and-mental-health
Salicru, S. (2021, October 19). 7 Practices to Become More Authentic: And their corresponding benefits. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202110/7-practices-become-more-authentic
Salicru, S. (2021, September 28). The Power of Purpose and Meaning in Life: How to thrive and celebrate life beyond COVID-19. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202109/the-power-purpose-and-meaning-in-life?eml
- Conference Presentations
2019. Leadership-as-Practice – Where Do We Go From Here Practicing and Consulting on Leadership-as-Practice Development. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August, Boston, Massachusetts.
https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11910symposium
Salicru, S. (2017). Storytelling as a Leadership Practice for Sensemaking to Drive Change in Times of Turbulence and High Velocity. International Leadership Association’s 19th Annual Global Conference: Leadership in Turbulent Times’. October 12–15, Brussel, Belgium.
Salicru, S., Wassenaar, E., Suerz, E., & Spittle, J. (2015). Global leadership Development Best Practice: A Case Study at Wärtsilä Corporation. International Leadership Association’s 17th Annual Global Conference: Leading Across Borders and Generations. October 14–17, Barcelona, Spain.
Salicru, S. (2014). A Practical Framework for Executing Leadership Psychological Contracts. 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), 8 –13 July, Palais des Congrès de Paris, France.
Salicru, S. (2013). Why Measuring Leader-Follower Psychological Contracts Matter? 10th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP) Conference, 3 – 6 July, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
Salicru, S. (2010). Development and Validation of the Alliance Psychological Contract Model and Instrument. 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), July 11 – 16, Melbourne, Australia.
Salicru, S. (2009). The Impact of the Psychological Contract in Executive Coaching. 23rd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, December 4, Melbourne, Australia.
Salicru, S. (2007). Raising the Bar on Human Capital Reporting. 21st Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, December 4, Melbourne, Australia.
- Selected Magazines
Salicru, S. (2018). The Four Keys to Building Leadership Capability in the New World, The CEO Magazine, March.
Salicru, S. (2017). Understanding the Leadership Crisis in a World of Complexity, Turbulence, And Continuous Change”. CEOWORLD Magazine, September.
Salicru, S. (2017). Understanding the Leadership Crisis. Governance Directions, Governance Institute of Australia, September.
Salicru, S. (2008). Member Contribution: Alliances-Opportunities for Psychologists. InPsych: The Bulletin of the Australian Psychological Society Ltd, 30(5), 30-31.

You can also access Sebastian’s publications via Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) – a non-profit organization supported by a global community of member organizations, including research institutions, publishers, funders, professional associations, service providers, and other stakeholders in the research ecosystem – as well as his Google Scholar profile.
Sebastian Salicru
Author | Psychologist | Psychotherapist | Board-Approved Supervisor Professional Certified Coach (PCC
PTS PSYCHOLOGY – Insightful Psychology Results
Canberra ACT 2912
Australia
Author of:
Leadership Results: How to Create Adaptive Leaders and High-Performing Organisations for an Uncertain World (John Wiley & Sons, 2017)
Featured:
Salicru, S. (2020). A new model of leadership-as-practice development for consulting psychologists.
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 72(2), 79–99.
https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000142

