The End of Leadership
Kellerman is an academic leadership all-star. So it is hard to know what to make of her latest book, The End of Leadership. Is it really kryptonite? Or just a harmless act of devil’s advocacy designed to goad her peers? — Read the complete FT review
Synopsis
From one of the pioneers in the field of leadership studies comes a provocative reassessment of how people lead in the digital age: in The End of Leadership, Barbara Kellerman reveals a new way of thinking about leadership – and followership – in the twenty-first century. Building off of the strengths and insights of her work as a scholar and a teacher, Kellerman critically reexamines our most strongly-held assumptions about the role of leadership in driving success.
Revealing which of our beliefs have become dangerously out-of-date thanks to advances in social media culture, she also calls into question the value of the so-called “leadership industry” itself. Asking whether leadership can truly be taught, Kellerman forces us to think critically and expansively about how to thrive as leaders in a global information age.