Leadership from the Inside Out: The Capacity to Lead and Stay Alive–Self, Identity, and Freedom

Harvard HKS

To lead is to live with danger. Although it may be exciting to think of leadership as inspiration, decisive action, and powerful rewards, leading can require taking risks that can jeopardize your career and your personal life. It can require putting yourself on the line, disturbing the status quo, and working with organizational and political conflicts. Those who dare to practice leadership – or even to sit in positions of authority – need to be prepared for how rough it can get, and for what…