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Leadership stories
Disciplines > Storytelling > Storytelling in organizations > Leadership stories Description | Example | Discussion | See also
DescriptionStories in organizations often tell about how leadership happens there. A typical story frame tells about how:
The leadership story may also tell of the struggles and difficulties of the journey and how the leader led the people to 'the promised land'. ExampleA natural disaster had caused the main building to collapse, fortunately in some respect overnight so nobody was hurt. The Building Services manager, working out of a local hotel organized a team across the company to source scarce temporary buildings. They worked nights and weekends, and within a week the business had re-started and within two weeks the main building was being reconstructed. DiscussionA telling factor of these stories is whether the leader acts in a controlling or collaborative way (or any balance of these). The implication for future leaders is that they should follow the examples portrayed in the success stories. In some companies people want to be told what to do, especially in times of crisis, whilst in others the route to success in leadership is to involve and communicate widely. Leaders that appear need not be appointed managers, and empowering companies may well tell stories about people from the lowest ranks stepping up to the place. Leadership stories may echo the pattern described by Wilfred Bion in the Basic Assumption Group, where the anxiety of leader-seeking is replaced by hopes of redemption as the leader appears. Idealistic stories will have the leader succeeding, whilst cynical stories will tell of failure. See also |
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