IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/pal/palchp/978-0-230-57946-0_3.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

So why do it?

In: Beyond Authority

Author

Listed:
  • Julia Middleton

Abstract

The case against going into the outer circles is compelling. It has to be, given the number of leaders who choose not to do it. They prefer to stay in the space where they have worked hard to build their repu­tation and where they are credible and respected. Maybe they want to enjoy their success. In any case, people who have done it before will tell them that many of the instincts that they have developed within their authority — that they know work and that have become intuitive to them — will become counter-intuitive in the outer two circles. In fact, sometimes they produce the opposite effect. Moving to the outer circles would mean proving themselves all over again. It might not take as long this time, but they will have to do it. Because it’s differ­ent. Indeed, as Ned Sullivan, Chairman of the Greencore Group in Ireland, says: “Not a11 1eaders can do it. Success in the core does not guarantee you wi11 be effective in the outer rims. In fact, not that many are.”

Suggested Citation

  • Julia Middleton, 2007. "So why do it?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Beyond Authority, chapter 0, pages 18-32, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-57946-0_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230579460_3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-57946-0_3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.palgrave.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.