Creating Leaderful Organizations

PART ONE Presenting a New Paradigm for Leadership: Leaderful Practice

JAMIE WATERS, CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AT A well-known technology company, almost left the company seventeen years ago. Though she held a Ph.D. from Stanford, her first job was with a supervisor who simply refused to listen to her ideas or act on any of her suggestions. Discouraged to the point of looking for a job elsewhere, Jamie was rescued by a research fellow who used a different form of leadership on his team. Rather than insist that the group follow his lead, this manager let people, in his words, “follow their heart.” Team members worked on projects that energized them yet simultaneously contributed to the mission of the group. They decided together not only ...