Leading Together: Complex Challenges Require a new Approach

It’s also getting harder to make

leadership work because of changes

in the attitude toward traditional ways

of practicing leadership. Increasingly

people without formal authority want

to be involved in setting their own

direction and in designing their own

work and how they will coordinate

with others. They are less willing to

commit themselves to work in which

they have had no say. Yet people may

not be prepared to participate effec-

tively in leadership this way. They

may knock on the door demanding to

be let in on leadership without actu-

ally knowing how to enter into it. It’s

harder to create direction, alignment,

and commitment when there are dif-

ferent ...