Citation
(1999), "Lead us not", Work Study, Vol. 48 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.1999.07948daa.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Lead us not
In a delayered, democratic, organic, flexible, customer-focused organisation what is the role of leadership? Do leaders simply become facilitators or is the role of leadership too important to obscure in such a way? I ask because at one of our recent management meetings we had a debate (a rather heated debate, actually) about the nature of leadership - and the degree to which leadership is naturally associated with adjectives such as dictatorial, domineering and so on. Must leadership always be visible? ... or can an organisation be lead subtly from the rear? These are questions that our social science colleagues have already answered - but I don't know the answers. If any reader would care to supply them - either in a form suitable for publishing or simply as a personal favour - I'd be grateful.