Adam Dube's Profile

Answer-Centered Leadership. Declares what's to be done and why. Answer-centered leaders provide direction from the top of an organization.

Vision-Centered Leadership. Offers a strong energizing vision about the general direction of an organization, along with great personal commitment.

Inquiry-Centered Leadership. Fosters inquiry at various levels through questions, facilitation, and establishing community and organizational structures supportive of inquiry.

Leadership by Leaving Alone. Leaves people alone to find their way. This Darwinian approach reveals the personnel who have what it takes to survive and assume roles with increasing responsibility.

Despite the lack of consensus about what constitutes leadership, organizations generally agree on one point – there isn't enough of it. The ongoing obsession with the leadership theme reflects the widespread belief that developing leaders and leadership is a sure means of transforming organizations for the better.

So, leadership development matters – but how do we engage in it successfully? LILA's members and researchers explore this question via in-depth discussions of their own organizational experiences. These discussions have yielded rich insights and practical suggestions that can be distilled into four principal injunctions: