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Leadership is a learned behavior. There is an underlying intentionality within this learning that implies a deliberateness to transcend to a higher level of cognition, that of kenosis. It is within this transformative stage of leader development a person can evolve in their self-awareness to achieve a new normative state of increased authenticity through self-emptying.
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Emory, L.B., Peltz, D.P. (2020). Leadership Development: The Role of Learning in the Authentic, Transformational, Servant, and Kenotic Leader. In: Peltz, D., Wilson, J. (eds) True Leadership. Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46660-2_7
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