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From laurels to learners: leadership with virtue

Elena Antonacopoulou (GNOSIS, Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK)
Regina F. Bento (University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

Journal of Management Development

ISSN: 0262-1711

Article publication date: 18 October 2018

Issue publication date: 5 November 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present a new approach to leadership development founded on the principle of the Leader-as-Learner: a reflective human who pursues the 4C – virtues of courage, commitment, confidence and curiosity, rather than the laurels of traditional approaches of heroic leadership.

Design/methodology/approach

Exploring art-based methods and fostering a new approach to leadership development: Leaders-as-Learners.

Findings

In this paper, studies and theoretical findings from the literature are discussed.

Research limitations/implications

This paper includes extending life stories and modes of learning by projecting possible selves as leaders, to learn the daily practice of leadership.

Practical implications

Leadership involves not only the art of judgment but refines it through a learning orientation to confront volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity conditions.

Social implications

Leadership is not limited to organizations and in relation to work practices. It is a central aspect in all social affairs and integral to building societies which serve, through leaders, the common good.

Originality/value

An approach to leadership development that supports human flourishing and locates leadership among ordinary people who do extra-ordinary things.

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Citation

Antonacopoulou, E. and Bento, R.F. (2018), "From laurels to learners: leadership with virtue", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 37 No. 8, pp. 624-633. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-12-2016-0269

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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