Cultural Leadership: The New Chemistry of Leading Differently

What is the best model of leadership in a new world of increasing diversity, complexity, and rapid change?’ After reviewing current leadership models and theories, I quickly realized the model of leadership I was looking for did not exist. This is the question that set me on a quest to develop a social model that supported my new theory of Cultural Leadership. Based on my research I came to the following conclusions:

“ A leader’s essential role is to create coalitions of followers to achieve organizational goals. How is this done? By deeply understanding the characteristics of followers, and reflecting or mirroring those characteristics back to followers in an inspiring, motivational, and culturally intelligent way. Once again, to be culturally relevant, successful leaders must know: how culture is created, it’s essential components, and how to sustain it. And, most importantly, they must know how to transport this skill from one cultural domain to another without losing effectiveness.

These findings and more importantly, how to develop, strengthen, and maintain these essential components of leadership provide the material for a great book. From the justification of a new model of leadership to the resulting Cultural Leader, I outline scientifically supported steps toward achieving leadership greatness.