Leadership as Practice: Challenging the Competency Paradigm

By Brigid Carroll, L. Levy, D. Richmond. 2008

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Leadership in the Plural (2012, background): “Alvesson & Sveningsson, 2003a , 2003b ; Carroll, Levy, & Richmond, 2008 ; Holmberg & Tyrstrup 2010 ), which underlines the importance of studying leadership as it is practiced in a context and investigates it from the viewpoint of its mundane and daily performance.”
The Practice of Leadership in the Messy World of Organizations (2010, methodology): “2003a, 2003b; Carroll et al., 2008; Pettigrew, 1992).”
Returning to Practice Anew: A Life-World Perspective (2009, background): “For example, strategy practice could readily be replaced with leadership: leadership praxis, leadership practices and leadership practitioners (see, for instance, Carroll et al. 2008).”
Identity undoing and power relations in leadership development (2013, positive): “It draws explicitly on theories such as leadership-as-practice (Carroll et al., 2008), adaptive leadership (Heifetz, 1994; Heifetz and Linsky, 2002), sensemaking (Weick, 1995, 1996), discourse and identity (Cunliffe, 2009; Sinclair, 2007).”
From leadership-as-practice to leaderful practice (2011, methodology): “Among these perspectives is the movement known as ‘leadership-as-practice’ (L-A-P), which focuses on the everyday practice of leadership including its moral, emotional, and relational aspects, rather than its rational, objective, and technical ones (Carroll et al., 2008).”