Leadership in Action: Finding Yourself: How Social Identity Affects Leadership

COMMON GROUND

Demographic shifts coupled with globalization, advanced communication technology, and changing organizational structures have created a global workforce that brings people from different traditions and with different outlooks into close proximity. This has made it increasingly important for leaders to develop the skills needed to bridge these differences and find common ground. Developing a heightened sense of their social identities and those of others is a critical step along this path.