Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership, 2nd Edition

Chapter 4Explaining 21st Century Leadership Principles and Beliefs

DOI: 10.4324/9781003273448-5

If leaders and collaborators are not clear about what values form the basis of their relationships, those principles for which they truly stand, then how can they ever expect to lay the foundation for leadership, let alone have the capacity to effect change?¹

Freiberg and Freiberg

We willfully ignore how profoundly the environment influences our behavior. In fact, the environment is a relentless triggering mechanism that, in an instant, can change us from saint to sinner, optimist to pessimist, model citizen to thug—and make us lose sight of who we’re trying to be.²

Goldsmith

The most pernicious environments are the ones that compel us to compromise ...