Rethinking Leadership: Moving Beyond Authoritarian Models
Description
In this episode, Dr. Lena Holmes discusses the limitations of traditional leadership models, highlighting their authoritarian nature and the reliance on coercion and rewards for cooperation among followers. She critiques the top-down decision-making approach and emphasizes the need for a more inclusive and collaborative leadership style.
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Show Takeaways:
• traditional leadership models emphasize an authoritarian style, assuming that the leader possesses the primary source of knowledge and direction
• top-down decision-making where power levers are determined by the leader's position within the hierarchy
• Cooperation among followers is achieved through coercion or rewards
• the fundamental philosophy of traditional leadership is that goals are achieved through the exercise of power and control over the followers
• the leaders acting alone direct, command, and make all the important decisions while the followers are expected to obey.
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