Abstract
Books about leadership are dangerous to readers who fantasize about being leaders or apply leadership ideas as if they were proven formulas. As an antidote, I offer an experimental framework in which any leadership-management model can be tested to gain experiential understanding of the model. As a result one can gain reality-based insights about leadership and oneself. The experiment is described; resistances to engaging it are considered; and examples from a leadership group implementing Covey’s “Seven Principles are summarized. In the course of discussing individual’s experiments objections were voiced against this Socratic approach to understanding leadership. Finally, I sketch a perspective for understanding the fit between leaders and followers. Overall, the experiment brought into view one’s sense of leadership and authenticity and tested them.
Recommended Citation
Hole, G. T. (2014). Understanding Leadership: an Experimental-Experiential Model. Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 5 (3). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/jiae/vol5/iss3/1
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