By Salwa Rahim-Dillard — 2021
Regardless of demographic background, we all share a basic need to belong, to be accepted, and to avoid rejection.
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True leadership has relevance today for several reasons. It shifts the conversation beyond formal power hierarchies of “leaders” and “those led.” It redirects our attention toward how we collectively shape our destiny.
The basic assumption that only top management can cause significant change is deeply disempowering. Why, then, do we accept it so unquestioningly? Isn’t it odd that we should seek to bring about less authoritarian cultures by resorting to hierarchical authority?