The Leaders We Need

CHAPTER 10

Becoming a Leader We Need

THE THESIS OF THIS BOOK is that in these tumultuous times, we urgently need leaders who will mobilize people for the common good. The turmoil of transformation in technology, global markets, shifts in offerings from products to solutions, demands for better education and health care, and threats to our security all call for leadership that creates collaboration. But in this new context, the age of knowledge work, would-be leaders can’t get people to follow them in ways that worked in the past. That’s because historic changes in culture are forming a social character in the advanced globalized economy that is more interactive and less bureaucratic. Where once father transferences linked followers to leaders, ...