Book Review: Critical perspectives on leadership: The language of corporate power

Abstract

Have you ever been asked the following question during a job interview: 'Can you tell me about your leadership style?' Have you ever had to redescribe your work experience using the leadership competency framework? It is comic indeed that the jargon regarding 'leadership' is so popular currently and taken for granted that so many people doing regular jobs (including those in management) are called leaders. So, leaders are academics taking on administrative roles, salespersons with high performance rates, or middle managers. These individuals are all convinced that they are changing the history of humankind if they do their daily, ordinary jobs. However, what is wrong with taking the role of Alexander the Great when selling hoovers?