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Myths about leadership


leadership is the solution!

…but what was the problem…?


what is 'leadership' and

'management'?

what do you think?


a romance with leadership

…despite research results


defining leadership:

traits, styles...


active

empathic

committed

enthusiastic

reflexive

happy

charismatic

cunning

communicative

cool

a bit unruly

calm

listening

courageous

curious

considerate

unafraid

straightforward

result oriented

cooperative

composed

clever

kind

staunch

clear

winner

honest

humble

open

(Chef no 5, may 2012)



…by what it’s not? (the leadership/management distinction)



as inherently good?


leadership as moral category

In a course for students in organization theory they wrote essays on

e.g. leadership. Of all those written on the topic leadership, all except

one mentioned either Adolf Hitler or Mahatma Gandhi – or both.

Leadership is either the bottomless evil (Hitler) or the impeccably

good (Gandhi).

Leadership talk immediately means that a symbolic dimension

involving the struggle between good and evil is staged. Talking about

leadership means that a polarized moral dimension is omnipresent.


heroic leadership

visions, strategy, change;

abstract relations


post-heroic leadership

talk, listen, joke, chat;

authentic relations


post-heroic leadership

the elevation of trivial acts

to morally high ground


the omnipresence of leadership

…and the elusiveness of leadership


meet steve


leadership as in...

the one that goes first

the one that is prepared to take responsibility

the one who stands up for the team

role model leadership

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