CHAPTER 6 Leading the change process
LEADERS WHO NAVIGATE HAVE FEET OF CLAY
‘There are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept’, says leadership scholar Ralph Stogdill (1974, p. 259). For us, to lead means to navigate, to steer, to find good passage, and to go somewhere. It requires a journey and willing followers who take up their own leadership opportunities. Leaders make a difference, but whether that difference is positive depends on many factors. At the very heart of all activity, it is about creating the right conditions and culture for people to excel and then setting direction and skilfully steering toward it. Great leaders engage and empower ...
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