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Thinking about global leadership perspectives in the midst of a worldwide pandemic feels relevant and timely. The notion that there is no success anywhere if there is no success everywhere provokes thought about how narrow concepts of leadership are lacking and in need of liberation. This book examines leadership thinking and practice across twenty regions. It does not purport to offer solutions to leadership conundrums but instead to explore where gaps exist in the leadership literature and then to connect this to a failure to account for leadership diversity, tradition, and culture around the world.
The book is structured in an innovative and collaborative style, it invites the reader to consider, further explore, and question leadership. This is an ambitious book—one that looks at a broad spectrum of leadership issues: political ideology, gender, collective trauma, spirituality, sexuality, religion, meritocracy, paternalism, immigration, paradox, individualism vs collectivism, etc. Yet it doesn't purport to fix or solve but to thoughtfully explore and uncover, to examine and contemplate. It begins with an introduction to the investigation of leadership from the perspective of uncovering blind spots, the “what else” that shapes leadership, essentially looking awry at leadership.
The editors offer invited authors from twenty regions around the world the opportunity to narrate their leadership stories. These contributions are unedited and give insight into the regional context together with broader reflections on leadership. The contributions are short and there is a sense that essayists were editorially challenged to crystallise their leadership insights. Readers are encouraged to bring their own analysis and interpretation. On many occasions reading this book I felt like Obholzer's “visiting anthropologist” getting a ringside view of leadership across the globe.
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