A New Approach to Leadership Development
Leadership is a critical component of success. An organization
cannot hope to function without it.
There is much that goes into leadership. For example, aligning everyone in the organization around the What and the Why and then getting out of the way so that the people can get on with the work.
But in "getting out of the way," effective leadership does not abdicate. Rather it functions best as a surrounding field, as Kurt Lewin or Margaret Wheatley might say.
For decades, organizations around the world have invested in developing their leaders. Now some are questioning whether we have gotten a suitable return on the investment.
Maybe the approach has been wrong. Thus far, leadership development has focused on developing individuals into leaders by teaching skills.
What if we looked at it a different way? What if, instead of developing leaders, we started to develop leadership itself?
What is "leadership itself" then?
Consider this favorite leadership quote of mine, attrib…
There is much that goes into leadership. For example, aligning everyone in the organization around the What and the Why and then getting out of the way so that the people can get on with the work.
But in "getting out of the way," effective leadership does not abdicate. Rather it functions best as a surrounding field, as Kurt Lewin or Margaret Wheatley might say.
For decades, organizations around the world have invested in developing their leaders. Now some are questioning whether we have gotten a suitable return on the investment.
Maybe the approach has been wrong. Thus far, leadership development has focused on developing individuals into leaders by teaching skills.
What if we looked at it a different way? What if, instead of developing leaders, we started to develop leadership itself?
What is "leadership itself" then?
Consider this favorite leadership quote of mine, attrib…