Leadership Excellence
For this discussion, choose one of the following two articles, and then respond to the questions below
• Blanchard, K. (2010) ‘Mission possible’, Leadership Excellence, 27 (4), p.17.
‘The article discusses the need of leaders to learn from the past while simultaneously preparing for the future. It states that previously, changes would occur slowly, allowing people to adapt and change before enjoying a period of stability. It suggests that the problem with this is that it opens the way for stagnation. It offers a tool called GAPS which essentially means identifying problems, analysing and identifying the causes, and creating the appropriate solution’. [FROM ABSTRACT]
• Prewitt, V. (2004) ‘Integral leadership for the 21st century’, World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, 60 (4), pp.327-333. Humanities International Complete. EBSCO.
‘Current leadership theories and business models—built around modernist assumptions about winners and losers, power and control, and local rather than global interactions—are decades out of date with what is needed to lead postindustrial and postmodern enterprises. This article calls for a collaborative and socially intelligent theory for leadership development based on Integral Science called Integral Leadership. This theory incorporates and unifies appropriate elements of current leadership research for a postmodern knowledge economy and seeks answers to questions still unanswered’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Questions:
• Reflect upon the readings and videos from this week as well from the last 3 weeks of the module and consider the various leadership approaches and theories that have you encountered.
o How do the ideas presented in the article you selected relate both to the ideas and concepts presented in the previous 3 weeks of the course as well as to the notion of ethics in leadership?
o How can you apply the ideas and concepts presented in your chosen article to your own leadership practice?
Remember to cite and reference examples from the readings and journal articles for this week. Please submit your initial response through the Turnitin submission link.