The New Silver Bullets Of Leadership Essay

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The New Silver Bullets of Leadership: The Importance of Self- and Shared Leadership in Knowledge Work
Craig L. Pearce
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, cpearce2@unl.edu

Charles C. Manz
University of Massachusetts - Amherst, cmanz@isenberg.umass.edu

Pearce, Craig L. and Manz, Charles C., "The New Silver Bullets of Leadership: The Importance of Self- and Shared Leadership in Knowledge Work" (2005). Management Department Faculty Publications. Paper 72. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/managementfacpub/72

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Published in Organizational Dynamics 34:2 (2005), pp. 130–140; doi:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2005.03.003 Copyright © 2005 Craig L. Pearce and Charles C. Manz; published by Elsevier Inc. Used by permission. Published online April 20, 2005.

The New Silver Bullets of Leadership: The Importance of Self- and Shared Leadership in Knowledge Work
Craig L. Pearce and Charles C. Manz

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here is a need to develop thoughtful leaders at all levels of today’s organizations, particularly when it comes to knowledge work. Traditionally, however, most leadership development efforts have been narrowly focused on individuals who occupy formal leadership positions, or are being groomed to eminently occupy such positions. In contrast to the traditional approach to leadership development, we argue that followers should also be included in leadership development efforts in order to prepare them to exercise responsible self-leadership and to effectively utilize shared...