Agile Leadership - A Journey Through 2.5 Million Years

Agile Leadership

Louise Elliott@IvanaTerrorBull

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2,500,000 Years

Semi nomadic hunter gathersleadership fluid

Semi nomadic hunter gathersleadership fluid

2,500,000 YearsLast 13,000 Years

(~0.5%)

13,000 Years

Time of Surplus and Growth

Time of Surplus and Growth

Time of Surplus and Growth

Time of Surplus and Growth

Time of Surplus and Growth

Time of Surplus and Growth

Last 250 Years(~2%)

13,000 Years

250 Years

(Antonakis & Dalgas, 2009)

(Olivola et al., 2014)

Workplace Leadership

Workplace Leadership

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher

sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard,

the building of a personality beyond its

normal limitations.”

Peter F. Drucker

Effective Line Manager…

•Treats employees with respect

•Clearly communicates goals and assignments

•Is open and honest

•Helps remove impediments

•Positively manages poor performance

Effective High Level Manager…

•Respects and values the employees

•Inspires employees to give their best

•Makes rational decisions for the long term

•Communicates a clear and compelling vision

•Is flexible in their approach to new situations

“Soldiers should fear their officers

more than the enemy.”

Frederick the Great

“At home as abroad, I reign

only through the fear I inspire.”

Napoleon

“It is more dangerous for a soldier to desert

the Red Army than to serve in

combat.”

Stalin

“Rank doesn’t confer privilege

or give power. It imposes

responsibility.”

Peter F. Drucker

“The leaders who work most effectively it seems to me, never... think ‘I’. They think ‘we’; they think ‘team’. ... They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but ‘we’ gets the credit. This is what creates trust”Peter F. Drucker

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Louise Elliott

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