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Introduction

In: The Proactive Leader

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  • David Cremer

    (China Europe International Business School)

Abstract

There is no subject about which so much has been written so often as leadership.1 Notwithstanding the enormous number of books on this theme, there is still an air of mystique surrounding our leaders. Perhaps for this reason, the concept of leadership is still imperfectly understood, so that new and deeper perspectives are put forward at regular intervals in the hope of better explaining this key social phenomenon. Of course, relationships between people and, above all, the social dynamic that those relationships entail are by no means a simple matter. Quite the reverse, in fact. The existence of a multiplicity of theoretical analyses is therefore not necessarily a bad thing. Even when you have managed to get to grips with a social phenomenon such as leadership, it is still important to further broaden your understanding. And to help you find your way through this plethora of different viewpoints, it can do no harm to be aware that — in my opinion, at least — leadership has two dominant perspectives: the perspective of the leader and the perspective of the follower.2

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  • David Cremer, 2013. "Introduction," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Proactive Leader, chapter 0, pages 1-16, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-29027-4_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137290274_1
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