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Leadership for Organizations

v2.0 David A. Waldman and Charles O’Reilly

1.4 Discussion Questions

  1. How is leading different from managing? Why is each function important in its own way?

  2. What does it mean that leadership can be understood and applied at different levels: individual, team, and organizational?

  3. Why is the development of leadership skills important for you personally?

  4. How is context relevant to the display of effective leadership?

  5. What does it mean that we can learn about effective leadership by recognizing prior research findings, and why is such learning better than an understanding based only on individuals’ experiences?

  6. Among the six principles listed at the end of this chapter, which one(s) do you think you will remember most clearly years from now, and why?