The many avatars of the responsible leader … an ever-evolving journey

Our perceptions of responsible leadership have changed radically over time. Anand Narasimhan gives a brief history and explains why understanding these archetypes can inform your approach

The terms “responsible leadership” and “responsible leader” are popular, but talk to a scholar about them and you’ll encounter a degree of perplexity. There is no widely held definition agreed upon by scholars, and the terms are understood in a variety of ways. How are we to understand what responsible leadership is, and who the responsible leader is? To answer these questions, we need to trace the evolution of leadership scholarship. As we journey from one wave of leadership research to another, we’ll find that our understanding of “the responsible leader” evolves. 'Responsible' is what a leader is The earliest systematic studies of leadership date from just after the First World War and focused on defining ingredients that distinguished leaders from non-leaders. They featured characteristics of leaders of great renown…

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