ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the results of in-depth interviews with women who shared narratives of leading in place. These stories reveal a consensus that women have been and are leaning in, but not necessarily in designated positions. Each of the women interviewed had stories of leading in place, and reported they are oftentimes not recognized for doing so. From the examples they shared, a spectrum of leading in place behaviors emerged, as well as some gaps targeted when they led in place. Also included are other reasons why one might choose to lead in place. In each of these instances, leading in place clearly was not a wholesale substitute for positional leadership; rather it was a complement to pre-existing positional leadership.
