文档介绍：Opinion by HENRY MINTZBERG
Enough Leadership
Leadership. We all know what that is. It stimulates team-
work. Takes the long view. Builds tmst. And more. Right?
So let me ask you a few questions:
• If leadership is about stimulating teamwork, how are
the stock options distributed in pany?
• If leadership is about taking the long view, how many
of those stock options can be cashed in in the short run?
• If leadership is about building trust, if people really
are your "greatest assets," how many of these assets have
been shown the door in recent years? And how much
trust has that engendered among those who remain?
In panies, the answers to these questions ex-
pose a cult of leadership that is dragging business down.
panies embrace the notion of the single, iso-
lated leader who is supposed to charge heroically ahead, tion, into the ranks of managers and beyond. Anyone with
formulating the grand strategies, making the tough deci- an idea and some initiative can be a leader. Like those
sions, pulling off the great mergers, while downsizing left guys in the IBM story.
and right. Frequently, such people sweep panies Next, let's involve followers in the selection of leaders.
where they have no roots, to save the day. They often True leaders eam their leadership through the enthusias-
eed-for a year or two. tic support of their followers. Yet ho