This podcast interviewing Professor Alex Haslam, the world’s leading voice on the study of social identity, makes some lovely points: To understand leadership, you need to understand identity.
He talks through some interesting findings on research with Men’s Sheds in Western Australia. Self-appointed leaders with “leadership experience” don’t do as well as those who just lead. By example, by connecting people.
He talks about the need to create
Leader-ful teams
in organistaions – where everyone takes responsibility for the cohesiveness and goals and supporting structures, not just the titled Leader. Also this:
The best change leverages existing identities
