One of the best explanations we have seen about how the leadership approach has changed or is changing in the last several years. This is based on a CCL USA research report on the changing nature of leadership. Not only does this explain the transition from then to now, it also helps in understanding the scope of the term – leadership


-moving from being considered a position to being understood as a process
-from a functional orientation to a boundary-less orientation
-used to be found at the top and now needs to reside at all levels in the organization
-rewards for being a star moving to rewards for success of others
-independent decision making moving to interdependent decision making
-development via individual competencies to development via groups and networks
-power used to be in position but now increasingly power lies in knowledge
-leadership was being competitive but now seen as changing to collaborative
-stay the course strategy being replaced by emergent and flexible strategy
-moving from selling their opinion to creating an inquiry for buy-in
-from being logical and rational only to feeling and emotional