Comments on: Power And Leaders https://vivekvsp.com/2019/08/power-leader/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:42:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gvjoshi https://vivekvsp.com/2019/08/power-leader/#comment-15340 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:50:35 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=5788#comment-15340 Interesting discussion on leader, leadership and characteristics thereof. Thanks for sharing.I may add that leadership qualities are well described by swami Samantha Ramdas when he talks about king Shivaji. Eg Nischayacha mahameru bahut janansi adharu or Srimanta. Yogi.
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]]> By: Joseph George A https://vivekvsp.com/2019/08/power-leader/#comment-15335 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 05:42:06 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=5788#comment-15335 I was incidentally reflecting on this today myself. Might I say that it is the imbalance of power that we should take cognisance of for the most part. The construct o a group of all leaders is well laid out in Martin Scott Peck’s book A Different Drum. What confuses many here is that even in a collective the individual leader is powerful. He takes responsibility for the position and decides in the interest of the community being served too. The differences between what you term as ‘power-hungry’ or the ‘drunk on power’ leader and the responsible leader are at least twofold.

1. The ethics of service is compromised, and selfish access to resources is the most abject usurping of authority.

2. Authoritarianism is itself exposed as a decision making predisposition without collaborating with others

Essentially, two angles to get to this. the first is downright social psychology of influence. the other is of philosophy. Psychologists will look for the dysfunctions of the effective leader. A rather clinical approach. The philosopher will look at the meaning making process for the leader – that which takes away from or makes for greatness in man.

Maybe I’ve overstayed Lulu’s welcome here. But, I was indeed reflecting on that today. A classical treatise on this is written by Gabrielle Lakomski in her book on Distributed Leadership, where the case for leadership as a function of social learning and cognition is systematically dealt with.

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