Our Postmodern and hyper-diverse world is
increasingly calling for highly flexible
understandings of both leaders and leadership.
Drawing on extensive research into the history and
practice of the subject, in addition to personal
experience, the author explores leadership through
the lens of Social Constructionism, a framework that
provides the flexibility necessary to ensure that
leadership is available to everyone, in all contexts;
essentialist understandings (such as trait theory)
are shown as outdated and ill-equipped to be workable
in diverse environments. After establishing a...