The real work of the leader: a focus on the human side of the equation (journal article)
By Joseph P. Cangemi et al
from Journal of Management Development Vol 27 Iss 10 2008, pp. 1026-1036
"No one would argue that leaders have a myriad of significant responsibilities. Using a premise the authors support – leadership is a people business – they aim to utilize their more than 100 years combined leadership to answer the question: what, then, is the real work of the leader? Narrative based on over 100 years of leadership and consultation on leadership with a wide variety of organizations. The result is the eight roles of the leader, which are as follows: collaborative developer of mission, vision, and organizational core values; creator of a humanistic work environment; developer of people, builder of capabilities; Initiator of organization-wide communications; role model of emotional intelligence; utilizer of strategic data; consensus seeker – risk taker; change agent. "