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: Received: 23 February 2024 / Approved: 23 February 2024 / Online: 24 February 2024 (17:44:48 CET)
How to cite:
Day, D.V.; Dannhäuser, L. Reconsidering Leadership Development: From Programs to Developmental Systems. Preprints2024, 2024021400. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1400.v1
Day, D.V.; Dannhäuser, L. Reconsidering Leadership Development: From Programs to Developmental Systems. Preprints 2024, 2024021400. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1400.v1
Day, D.V.; Dannhäuser, L. Reconsidering Leadership Development: From Programs to Developmental Systems. Preprints2024, 2024021400. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1400.v1
APA Style
Day, D.V., & Dannhäuser, L. (2024). Reconsidering Leadership Development: From Programs to Developmental Systems. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1400.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Day, D.V. and Laura Dannhäuser. 2024 "Reconsidering Leadership Development: From Programs to Developmental Systems" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1400.v1
Abstract
We argue for reconsidering leadership development based on systems design principles. A primary advantage of systems thinking is that it encourages holistic approaches to development and avoids episodic program-based training and piecemeal thinking. The latter approaches are both limited and limiting yet tend to be the preferred approach to leadership development in organizations. Systems approaches to development offer numerous advantages both conceptually and pragmatically, especially through the incorporation of ongoing feedback cycles. Core practices that define a leadership development system are presented and implications are discussed.
Keywords
Leadership development; leader development; leadership development programs; open systems theory; systems thinking
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Human Resources and Organizations
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.