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Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership, 2nd Edition
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Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership, 2nd Edition

by Gary DePaul
July 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
418 pages
9h 45m
English
Productivity Press
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Chapter 3Revealing Traditional Leadership and Assumptions

DOI: 10.4324/9781003273448-4

We make assumptions about the world around us based on sometimes incomplete or false information…our behavior is affected by our assumptions or our perceived truths.1

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Introduction

Traditional Leadership Definition

Traditional leadership is the practice of leading followers—usually a team or an organization—to achieve a set of goals that relate to producing products and services. This approach strongly emphasizes the leader’s role rather than the follower’s. Leaders tend to command and control followers’ actions and expect them to comply with orders. Traditional leadership tends to be top-down in which leaders typically have an authoritative position ...

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ISBN: 9781000622997