CHAPTER 1

A Context for Leadership Development

What is leadership? Often leadership is equated with people skills or described as “soft skills.” Sometimes, leadership is distinguished from management, where experts like John Kotter link leadership with change and management with predictability and order.1 For our purpose, leadership is the ability to influence the ways people think and feel to the point that they take decisive and responsible action. Leadership is selling ideas, motivating teams, gaining commitment, modeling behavior, engaging ...

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