18 Leading in a Different Way
Leading is often characterised as providing answers. We follow because leaders have, or appear to have, the solution to our problems. Leading in a Different Way turns this assumption on its head. Leading beyond authority is about leading with insights and ideas, but it is also counter-intuitively about leading with questions rather than providing answers. It also requires a sense of managerial irreverence, an approach that questions received wisdom and the way we do things around here. And, in the first instance, that requires a capacity to live in the question.
Living in the Question
“Living in the question” can be uncomfortable for the leader and the led. Followers look to leaders ...
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