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The Elusiveness of Leadership

Published: 22 December 2014

When your correspondent entered the leadership field in the early nineties, not long after starting work as a middle manager, the economy was rebounding from a recession and a new buzz around leadership was emerging. Fueled by the writings of a growing cast of respected thinkers, this buzz not only re-introduced the writings of such luminaries as Peter Drucker, Mary Parker Follett and Jay Forrester, but also sought to explore the interconnection between leadership and听尘补苍补驳别尘别苍迟.
...听Indeed, the list of leadership qualities is almost endless. Eugene Jennings, in a 1961 article entitled聽The Anatomy of Leadership聽noted: 鈥淔ifty years of study have failed to produce one personality trait or set of qualities that can be used to discriminate leaders and non-leaders.鈥 Or, as 平特五不中鈥檚 Henry Mintzberg once noted about the endless traits attached to leadership, those of Superman would appear modest.

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