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What Is Post-Heroic Leadership and Why Do We Need It?

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The concept of post-heroic leadership is defined, following the dimensions of shared and servant leadership. From the post-heroic view, leadership is firstly defined by its sharedness, focus on collective achievement, teamwork, and shared accountability. Secondly, it is seen as a social process, with human interactions at its core. Servant leadership is composed of six key characteristics: empowering and developing people, humility, authenticity, interpersonal acceptance, providing direction, and stewardship. We need post-heroic leadership to find viable solutions for complex tasks, that include both uncertainty and interdependence.

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    Miha Škerlavaj

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Škerlavaj, M. (2022). What Is Post-Heroic Leadership and Why Do We Need It?. In: Post-Heroic Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90820-1_2

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