In Defense of Leadership (and Followership)
Are the terms leadership, leading, and leader simply too toxic to be useful anymore? ILA member Sharna Fabiano explores this provocative question in our latest blog.
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Utilizing Humble Inquiry to Achieve Humble Leadership
In today’s VUCA world, leaders can’t simply “figure things out.” They must depend on colleagues and followers to provide needed information and expertise. To be successful, Ed and Peter Schein argue, leaders must be humble and engage in humble inquiry.
Does Size Matter for Leadership?
Keith Grint ranges from Shakespeare’s Henry V to tweets from Donald Trump to expose the invisible privilege associated with being tall and the assumption that has long prevailed in human society that greater height correlates with attributions of leadership, particularly among men.
The Power of Story
What is the significance of stories on our development as human beings and as leaders? Katherine Tyler Scott explores this provocative question.
From Hero to Zero: Why Leaders Fail — A South African Police Leadership Case Study
ILA Fellow Erwin Schwella uses the case of General Jacob “Jackie” Selebi, the former National Commissioner of the South African Police Service to explore the personality traits and contexts that contribute to why public leaders fail.
The Colors of Leadership
Keith Grint explores the way color — in almost all its formats and embodiments — is deeply implicated in leadership whether in terms of how it’s signified and practiced, how it’s used to create and enforce status and hierarchy, and even how it’s used in certain leadership development models to code capacities.
Leadership With Wisdom
When paradigms shift, leaders can’t rely on precedent – instead they must rely on wisdom. ILA Fellow Erwin Schwella explores how leaders obtain the wisdom they need to lead in today’s VUCA world.
The Precarious Process of Leading Change
As the rate of COVID vaccination increases globally, and as restrictions put in place to lower the risk of infection are gradually lifted, organizations will be faced with how they will adapt. Those responsible for leading what are imminent changes in their institutions are facing a huge challenge – the precarious nature of the change process.
Time for Leadership.
How does our perception of time influence our understanding of leaders and leadership, and how does a leader’s experience of time impact their leadership practice? Read the latest blog from Keith Grint to find out.
Wolves, Foxes, Unicorns, and Rhinoceroses: Reflecting on Leaders and Symbolic Animals
Leaders of the countries with the greatest number of covid-19 deaths spent so much energy proclaiming fabular days are approaching that the opposite of a Wolf has arrived – the golden age of floW, a world where unicorns range freely, dispensing largesse at will to their entranced followers.
Good People Need Good Leaders
In the light of the January 6th insurrection, Katherine Tyler Scott explores what it means to be a good person and the need for more leaders who understand what it really means to be good – leaders with integrity and empathy who can help resolve conflict rather than exploit it for their own narcissistic gains.
Permission to Riot: Leadership and the Role of ‘les Enfants Perdus’
Keith Grint places the events of 6 January in the USA within the historical framework of les enfants perdus. With democracy at stake, can U.S. Republicans become the “heroes of retreat”?