Very happy to find a word — insights of which I resonate with.
Every company wants leaders. Is it possible to look for a particular type of leadership, called “emergent leadership?” This is a form of leadership that ignores formal designations — Senior VP or Executive Sponsor. Where a role on any project was the same as anyone else’s:
- provide an opinion,
- do some analysis,
- and help get the right outcome.
Over a team’s life, different skills will be needed at different times, so various people will need to step into leadership roles, contribute, and — just as important — recede back into the team once the need for their specific skills has passed.
Can we have a strong bias against leaders who champion themselves: people who use “I” far more than “we” and focus exclusively on what they accomplished, rather than how.
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