Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders

By E. Kelly. 2003

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Pathways for Positive Identity Construction at Work: Four Types of Positive Identity and the Building of Social Resources (2010, background): “According to this view, some event, such as leader " crucibles " (Bennis, 2002) or role transitions (Ibarra, 1999), helps individuals see the need for identity change and encourages the creation of new identities or " possible selves " (Yost, Strube, & Bailey, 1992).”
Leading by Biography: Towards a Life-story Approach to the Study of Leadership (2005, background): “For instance, a recent book by Bennis and Thomas (2002) suggests that leaders develop as a result of undergoing at least one critical transformational experience.”
Teachers as Leaders (2004, background): “In their breakthrough study, Geeks and Geezers, Bennis and Thomas (2002) probed the powerful processes through which leaders emerge.”
Composing The Reflected Best-Self Portrait: Building Pathways For Becoming Extraordinary In Work Organizations (2005, background): “Challenges—what Bennis and Thomas (2002) call “crucibles”—move individuals to transcend the usual ways of doing things by putting them in difficult but not impossible situations (Tomaka, Blascovich, Kibler, & Ernst, 1997).”