INTRODUCTION

A New Breed of Leader—Where to Begin?

“It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

—Charles Darwin

Would you like to be one of the new breed of leaders who inspires followers to look for creative and unique answers to our 21st-century challenges? If you could updated your leadership qualities to build community, connectedness and a shared sense of purpose, would you? If you had practical, real-world leadership concepts and actions that show you what works, what doesn’t and why, would you use them?

I’m sure the answer to these questions is yes! Together we’ll explore what being A New Breed Leader means, at home, in your work, and in your community.

The Emergence of New Breed Leaders

Malcolm Gladwell wrote about theTipping Point, where “ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do.”

Then there is a point where they hit a critical mass and that is the tipping point. We are at just that point in the realm of leadership. It is no longer about hierarchy. Leadership lives and exists throughout organizations; it is distributed and shared leadership, especially in team-based entities.

Dr. Curtis R. Carlson, CEO and President of SRI International supports Gladwell’s tipping point theory. Carlson writes, “When it comes to understanding leadership, we have moved from heroic leadership and leadership by authority and power, to modern ideas about the interactive nature of leadership, and leadership by consent.

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