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This 18-page paper focuses on leadership development and some trends in this field. The main thrust of this paper is taken from Carnwell-Ward's book Inspiring Leadership. A literature analysis is conducted to determine if Carnwell-Ward's assessments are correct. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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to be followed without question or argument. The follower who dared to question his leaders assessment would have been in serious trouble. Even when the agrarian economy gave way to
the industrial age, leadership methods didnt change a whole lot. Most leaders of corporations assumed their employees (the vast portion of whom was undereducated), really had no capacity to understand
all but the most basic of instructions. But beginning during the middle of the 20th century, we began moving from a primarily
manufacturing/production economy into a knowledge/service economy, meaning that leadership styles needed to be changed. It should probably come as no surprise that around this time, new styles of leadership and
theories began to emerge. Although they differed, they pretty much had one thing in common - the successful leader couldnt just stand there and give orders any more. In order
to get his workforce to produce effectively as a team, the leader had to recognize that the typical environment would have many variables, and these variables meant differing leadership styles.
In the book Inspiring Leadership, J. Carnwell-Ward and his colleagues go to great lengths to outline the basis of true leaders and what
attributes these men and women have to lead a corporation (or other agency). In one chapter, Chapter 5, the authors analyze a study that was conducted during a long-term boating/yacht
race that took these yachts into some treacherous situations. The study assessed which leadership qualities got the crew through the dangerous environment, and which crews were most successful at doing
so. In this paper, well examine the study in further detail and point out the leadership qualities and attributes the skippers demonstrated and
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