We the Leader: Build a Team of Equals Who All Lead AND Follow to Drive Creativity and Innovation

INTRODUCTION

What got you here will not get you there.

—MARSHALL GOLDSMITHbusiness educator, coach, and author

The current conceptual framework and practice of leadership sabotages success, especially in our post-pandemic world. In this book, I will explore why that is and present an alternative: a new flexible and responsive leadership paradigm. It’s time. A recent IBM study concludes that “agility—the capability of an organization to respond quickly and pivot without losing momentum”—is a top priority for leaders “to an unprecedented degree.” IBM states that more than half (56 percent) of “CEOs emphasize the need to aggressively pursue operational agility and flexibility over the next two to three years.”¹ Exciting stuff! What makes it even ...