Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................... vii
Preface ............................................................................................................................... ix
Introduction ........................................................................................................................1
The Importance of Making Meaning.............................................................................2
Applying Meaning to Leadership..................................................................................4
Discussion of Terms ...........................................................................................................7
Meaning.........................................................................................................................7 Meaning-making............................................................................................................9
Community of Practice................................................................................................11
People in Positions of Authority:
A New View of Five Concepts .......................................................................................13
From Social Influence to Social Meaning-making......................................................14
From a Dominant Individual Leader Acting on Followers to People
Participating in a Shared Process.........................................................................14
From Motivation to Act to Frameworks Within Which to Act....................................17
From the Authority Figure as De Facto Leader to the Authority Figure as a
Participant in a Process of Leadership..................................................................18
From “How Do I Take Charge and Make Things Happen?” to “How Do I
Participate in an Effective Process of Leadership?”.............................................19
Implications: So What Is Leadership Development? ...................................................21
Conclusion: Changing Constructs of Leadership .........................................................23
Bibliography .....................................................................................................................26
