20 Mapping the leadership industries Leadership coaching and leadership assessment

Eric Guthey and Nicole Ferry

DOI: 10.4324/9781003363125-24

In our previous research, we have defined the leadership industries as consisting of “all those individuals and organizations that generate revenue or professional advantage by responding to and further promoting demand for leadership concepts, products, services, and fashions” (Guthey et al., 2022, p. 408). In this chapter, we argue that closer attention to the workings of the leadership industries can enhance the critical study of leadership. Collinson (2011) has characterized the field of critical leadership studies as consisting of a set of “broad, diverse and heterogeneous perspectives that share ...

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