Collaborative Leadership: New Perspectives in Leadership Development

Abstract

Leadership is often defined as the capability to successfully manage change in organisations. The way one manages change is to some extent contextual and influenced by the environment. The environment our future leaders have to operate in is quite different from what we were used to in the previous decade. Leadership styles therefore needs adaptation. In this chapter I will provide an overview of nine changes that I see in the environment and make the case that this new environment needs more collaborative leadership. This is a style of leadership we have committed ourselves to at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. I will attempt to describe some of the characteristics of this type of leadership and make some suggestions on how one can educate the students in our schools for this new challenge.