21 Not becoming a leader
Introduction
This chapter aims to question the possibility of developing a leader identity and explores the emancipatory possibility of a focus on “not becoming” a leader. We do this through a focused review of leadership applications of Jacques Lacan's approach to identity construction. By taking this lens, we intend to make visible the fallacy of both leader/ship scholarship and practice's preoccupation with the positive notion of leader identity construction and becoming.
We note that the rise of critical leadership studies has brought critical evaluations of the leader figure and leader development. This has included exploring leader development through ...
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