Leadership Trends LO12876

Duru (iqduru@leland.Stanford.EDU)
Wed, 12 Mar 1997 23:51:01 -0800 (PST)

Replying to: Leadership trends LO12659
>From: Luis Moreno <lmoreno@expsys.com>
>
>I agree with Andrew. At least in the "west" our individualistic view of
>just about everything has dictated that we must have leaders, that in turn
>become like goods.
>
>However, I must say, there are organizations that are moving towards a
>different view of leadership. One that believes the success of the
>organization is based on every body being a leader. Leadership that calls
>for self determination and identification with the larger picture of the
>organization. In this respect consistent with the ideas put forward by P.
>Senge. I just happen to work with one such organization till last Dec.
>when I decided to make a career change.

I may be a little late in responding to this as I am still catching up on
my OL posts, but I wanted to pose a question...

Isn't the idea of self-determination also an individualistic concept?
Team-determination or group-determination would seem more appropriate in
terms of connecting with the larger picture of the organization...

I would fully promote the idea of self-determination, but I just wanted to
be clear on what was being proposed above.

---Duru

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