The landscape of leadership development within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia is undergoing a paradigm shift, transitioning from traditional management to a highly adaptive, value-driven model. SMEs in the ASEAN region constitute more than 99% of firms and are foundational to economic stability (ASEAN, 2024). From an Australian perspective, the prosperity and security…
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Is it “Leader” Development or “Leadership” Development?
There has been a great deal of discussion regarding the difference between “leader” and “leadership” development. The former focuses on the individual leader and has been criticised by Gemmill and Oakley (1992) as an “alienating social myth” that creates a learned “helplessness” in those known as “followers”. The latter therefore takes into consideration the entire…
Everyone A Leader 