Rethinking leadership in organizations

D Christopher Kayes

Chapter 11 in Destructive goal pursuit: The mount everest disaster, 2006, pp 151-166 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter argues that scholars and practitioners alike spend too much time thinking about goals and not enough time thinking about learning. This emphasis on goals at the expense of learning is particularly troublesome in the area of leadership. Conventional wisdom on leadership suggests that leaders should set ambitious and challenging goals and then get out of the way (e.g., Hackman, 2002). This chapter suggests that this kind of thinking can lead to disastrous consequences because it assumes too much from both teams and leaders.

Keywords: Team Member; Conventional Wisdom; Leadership Responsibility; Action Team; Team Learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230503472_11

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