ABSTRACT
However, due to the complexities of organisational life, the Authentic Leader will undoubtedly at times have to compromise on their absolute ideals and make pragmatic judgements and judicious decisions. As is usual, the research presented in this book attempts to convince hostorganisations of the benefits of leadership development. Political, social, technological and economic changes are all creating an increasingly multilateral and multivariate world characterised by conditions that are volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous – a world where leaders need to actively engage with unpredictability rather than try to control it and start to use intuition alongside logical analysis. The new century brings with it change that is exponential an.
