Leadership for Constant Change
Diana G. Oblinger,
EDUCAUSE Review,
Feb 07, 2012
The current issue of EDUCAUSE Review focuses on leadership in the higher education information technology community. Diana G. Oblinger writes a brief overview of what constitutes leadership without missing a cliché:
- "Leaders catalyze change, not for the sake of change itself but for the sake of preserving fundamental values."
- "Values, experience, and analysis morph into leadership when combined through discipline"
Et cetera. My own view toward such 'leadership writing' is not kind. It seems to me that a lot of such writing is designed to play to the sympathies of people who are in leadership positions (much the way astrology columns stroke the egos of their readers) rather than raising more important questions, like (say) whether it's a good idea to have someone going around touting "fundamental values".
- "Leaders catalyze change, not for the sake of change itself but for the sake of preserving fundamental values."
- "Values, experience, and analysis morph into leadership when combined through discipline"
Et cetera. My own view toward such 'leadership writing' is not kind. It seems to me that a lot of such writing is designed to play to the sympathies of people who are in leadership positions (much the way astrology columns stroke the egos of their readers) rather than raising more important questions, like (say) whether it's a good idea to have someone going around touting "fundamental values".
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