 The Hard Knocks of LeadershipLace M. Jackson () Chapter Chapter 4 in Global Majority Leadership, 2024, pp 49-65 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter analyses individual Global Majority leaders’ narratives to uncover further the genre of tragedy, satirical comedy, and underlying reasons they see organisations as disadvantageous spaces linked to leadership ‘hard knocks.’ The Jamaican proverb: 'Rain a fall but dutty tough' is used here to convey the specific personal challenges associated with the brutal and destructive side of leadership, which many Global Majority leaders refer to as their experience. The translation of the proverb means that even though the rain is falling, the ground is still hard and confronts the perceptions that although leadership is considered a positive concept, there are 'hard knocks' which, for some, evidences itself in the extreme pressure and personal burden of leadership. The genre of tragedy and satirical comedy in the form of irony is evident in these 'hard knocks,' which include family and community expectations, critical self-doubt, internalised oppression and ‘shadism’ leading to what I term 'organisation-induced trauma and stress' (OiTS). Keywords: Genre; Hard knocks; Inter and Intracultural betrayal; Shadism; Organisation-induced trauma and stress (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-58464-0_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58464-0_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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