Chapter 10
Leadership
The mindset of purpose, vision and change
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.’
Arthur Schopenhauer
In a nutshell
Of all the subjects in MBA Day by Day, leadership holds the greatest promise for both personal learning and organisational development. Our culture has given us many iconic ideas, theories and images around leadership, yet we have found it very difficult to agree on one definition. This chapter will consider the key concepts and theories of leadership and how they are applied to change in organisations.
Skills as a leader are perhaps the greatest expectation by employers of people who have an MBA, yet an MBA is never a guarantee that its holder is going to be ...
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